Centratherum

Centratherum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2] Common names include Brazilian button and lark daisy. It includes three species native to tropical South America.^[1]

Centratherum
Centratherum punctatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Centratherum Cassini
Type species
Centratherum punctatum Cassini
Synonyms[1]
Ampherephis Kunth Amphibecis Humb. ex Schrank Crantzia Vell. Oiospermum Less. Spixia Schrank

Considered invasive in Hawaii (USA), Galapagos Islands, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

Species

Three species are accepted.^[1]

• Centratherum cardenasii H.Rob. – Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
• Centratherum punctatum Cass. – tropical South America from Venezuela to northern Argentina, introduced to parts of Central America, tropical Africa, tropical Asia, and Australia
• Centratherum repens (Spreng.) Loeuille & Pirani – Brazil (Bahia)

Formerly placed here

• Phyllocephalum phyllolaenum (DC.) Narayana – as Centratherum phyllolaenum Benth. ex Hook.f^[3]