''Trigonopterum'' is a genus of

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 belonging to 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 ...

. It contains a single species, ''Trigonopterum laricifolium'', commonly known as the needle-leafed daisy. Its native range is the Galapagos Islands in

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6152640, from2=Q15560887 Heliantheae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Endemic flora of the Galápagos Islands Taxa described in 1855 Taxa named by Joachim Steetz Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN