''Pachylaena'' 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
South American
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flowering plants in the tribe
Mutisieae
Mutisieae is a tribe of the family Asteraceae, subfamily Mutisioideae.
Genera
Mutisieae genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of June 2022:
*'' Adenocaulon''
*'' Amblysperma''
*'' Brachyclados''
*'' Chaetanthera''
*'' Chapt ...
within the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
.
; Species
[Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157]
* '' Pachylaena atriplicifolia'' D.Don ex Hook. & Arn. - Chile
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, Argentina
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* '' Pachylaena rosea'' I.M.Johnst. - Chile
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; formerly included[
see '' Chaetanthera''
* ''Pachylaena elegans'' Phil. - '' Chaetanthera flabellifolia'' Cabrera
]
References
Mutisieae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Southern America
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