''Barrosoa'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

.D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 21: 26-27
/ref>Tropicos, ''Barrosoa'' R.M. King & H. Rob.
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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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/ref> *'' Barrosoa apiculata'' (Gardner) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa atlantica'' *'' Barrosoa betonicaeformis'' *'' Barrosoa betonicifolia'' R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa betoniciformis'' (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa cabrerae'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa candolleana'' (Hook. & Arn.) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa confluentis'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa grossedentata'' V.M.Badillo *'' Barrosoa metensis'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa organensis'' (Gardner) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa ramboi'' (Cabrera) R.M.King & H.Rob. *'' Barrosoa trianae'' (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

References

Eupatorieae Asteraceae genera Flora of Southern America {{Eupatorieae-stub