''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 considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

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 groundsel tribe within the

sunflower 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 ...

. The genus was shown to be part of ''

Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Mo ...

'' and predominantly occurs in tropical alpine-like regions. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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/ref> * '' Lasiocephalus doryphyllus'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. - Venezuela, Colombia * ''

Lasiocephalus gargantanus ''Lasiocephalus'' is a genus of South American flowering plants in Senecioneae, groundsel tribe within the Asteraceae, sunflower family. The genus was shown to be part of ''Senecio'' and predominantly occurs in tropical alpine-like regions. ; Sp ...

'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Lasiocephalus lingulatus'' Schltdl. - Ecuador * '' Lasiocephalus loeseneri'' (Hieron.) Cuatrec. - Peru * '' Lasiocephalus longipenicillatus'' (Sch.Bip. ex Sandwith) Cuatrec. - Venezuela * '' Lasiocephalus ovatus'' Schltdl. - Colombia, Ecuador * '' Lasiocephalus pichinchensis'' Cuatrec. - Ecuador * '' Lasiocephalus puracensis'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. - Colombia * '' Lasiocephalus sodiroi'' (Hieron.) Cuatrec. - Ecuador * '' Lasiocephalus yacuanquensis'' (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. - Colombia

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