''Fulcaldea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the

daisy family Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fam ...

. ;Species There is only one accepted species, ''Fulcaldea laurifolia'', native to

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and

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. ;formerly includedThe Plant List, ''Fulcaldea tomentosa'' (Lex.) Less.
/ref> *'' Fulcaldea stuessyi'' Roque & V.A.Funk synonym of '' Eremosis tomentosa'' (La Llave & Lex.) Gleason

References

Barnadesioideae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of Southern America Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland {{Asteraceae-stub