''Perymenium acuminatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the tribe

Heliantheae The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are larger. The name is d ...

within the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...

. It is found in Mexico.

References

* Revision of Perymenium (Aseraceae-Heliantheae) in Mexico and Central America. John J. Fay, Allertonia, Vol. 1, No. 4 (January 1978), pages 235-296
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External links

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Holotype of ''Calea elegans'' DC. at JStor Global Plants
Heliantheae Plants described in 1924 Flora of Mexico {{Heliantheae-stub