''Lasiocephalus'' is a genus of
South American
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in
groundsel tribe within the
sunflower family.
The genus was shown to be part of Senecio and predominantly occurs in tropical alpine-like regions.
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[Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
The Plant List search for ''Lasiocephalus''
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References
Senecioneae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of South America
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