''Centratherum'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the
daisy family
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
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[Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31]
in French Common names: Brazilian Button, Lark Daisy, กระดุมไพลิน, กระดุมหยก, กระดุมม่วง,Kèšavardhini, കേശവർദ്ധിനി, മുടിനീളി.
; Species
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* '' Centratherum australianum'' (K.Kirkman) A.R.Bean - New South Wales, Queensland
* '' Centratherum cardenasii'' H.Rob. - ]Bolivia
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, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
* '' Centratherum confertum'' K.Kirkman - Paraguay, Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, Corrientes
* '' Centratherum phyllolaenum'' (DC.) Benth. ex Hook.f - Indian Subcontinent
* ''Centratherum punctatum
''Centratherum punctatum'', also known by its common name Brazilian bachelor's button is a species of flowering plant from the genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and ...
'' Cass. - South America ( Venezuela to northern Argentina), Panama, Nicaragua, Trinidad
Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
References
Vernonieae
Asteraceae genera
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