''Grazielia'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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.King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Phytologia 23(3): 305-306
/ref>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. The genus is named for Brazilian botanist

Graziela Maciel Barroso Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003) was a Brazilian botanist who has been known as a leading expert of the flora of Brazil, as well as a specialist of Compositae. She was Chairman and Professor of the Department of Plant Biology at the Univer ...

. All the known species are native to

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. '' Grazielia intermedia'' occurs also in

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, '' G. serrata'' also in

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, and

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Species

According to Global Compositae Checklist: Kew also lists: * '' Grazielia brevipetiolata'' * '' Grazielia coriacea''

References

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