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''Tetraperone'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of flowering plants in the cosmos tribe within the
daisy family 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 w ...
.Tropicos, ''Tetraperone'' Urb.
/ref> ;Species The only known species is ''Tetraperone bellioides'', native to
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of ''Pinillosia bellioides'' (basionym for ''Tetraperone bellioides'' )
Monotypic Asteraceae genera Coreopsideae Endemic flora of Cuba {{Coreopsideae-stub