Damnxanthodium

Damnxanthodium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Damnxanthodium calvum.^[1][2] It is native to northern Mexico.^[3][4]

Damnxanthodium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ecliptinae
Genus:	Damnxanthodium Strother
Species:	D. calvum
Binomial name
Damnxanthodium calvum (Greenm.) Strother
Synonyms[1]
Perymenium calvum Greenm. Lasianthaea calva (Greenm.) B.L. Turner

The plant was separated from the genus Perymenium. It was given the new genus name Damnxanthodium because it is difficult to distinguish from similar asters.^[5][6]