''Santosia'' is a genus of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian plants in the tribe

Eupatorieae Eupatorieae is a Tribe (biology), tribe of over 2000D.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 edi ...

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 ...

.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.King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1980. Phytologia 45: 463-465.
/ref> The genus was named for Brazilian biologist Talmon S. dos Santos. ;Species The only known species is ''Santosia talmonii'', native to the State of Bahia in eastern

.The Plant List ''Santosia talmonii'' R.M.King & H.Rob.
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References

Endemic flora of Brazil Eupatorieae Monotypic Asteraceae genera {{Eupatorieae-stub