Heterocoma

Heterocoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][3][4]

Heterocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Vernonioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Heterocoma Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Type species
Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
Alcantara Glaz. ex G.M.Barroso Bishopalea H.Rob. Sipolisia Glaz. ex Oliv. Xerxes J.R.Grant

Heterocoma was believed for many years to contain only one species, until 2013, when two new species were described and the three genera Bishopalea, Sipolisia, and Xerxes were merged into Heterocoma. All are endemic to the Brazilian Highlands.^[1]

Species:^[5][1]

• Heterocoma albida
• Heterocoma ekmaniana
• Heterocoma erecta
• Heterocoma gracilis
• Heterocoma lanuginosa
• Heterocoma robinsoniana

formerly included^[5]

Heterocoma bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC. – Chronopappus bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC.