Gypothamnium Explained

Gypothamnium is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] [2]

SpeciesThere is only one known species, Gypothamnium pinifolium, native to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1860. Florula Atacamensis seu Enumeriatio 27
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019418 Tropicos, Gypothamnium Phil.
  3. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.