Lemmatium

Lemmatium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 16 species native to South America, ranging from northeastern and central Brazil to northeastern Argentina.^[1]

Lemmatium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Neurolaeneae
Subtribe:	Neurolaeninae
Genus:	Lemmatium DC.
Synonyms[1]
Brasilia G.M.Barroso

The genus was first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836. It was later synonymized with genus Calea as Calea sect. Lemmatium. In 2023 John F. Pruski resurrected the genus.^[2]

Species

16 species are accepted.^[1]

• Lemmatium arachnoideum (G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski
• Lemmatium brittonianum (Pruski) Pruski
• Lemmatium clematideum (Baker) Pruski
• Lemmatium diamantinense (G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski
• Lemmatium divergens (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski
• Lemmatium fruticosum (Gardner) Pruski
• Lemmatium grazielae (J.U.Santos) Pruski
• Lemmatium intermedium (Pruski & Urbatsch) Pruski
• Lemmatium irwinii (G.M.Barroso) Pruski
• Lemmatium lemmatioides (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski
• Lemmatium morii (H.Rob.) Pruski
• Lemmatium nitidum (Less.) Pruski
• Lemmatium oxylepis (Baker) Pruski
• Lemmatium rotundifolium (Less.) DC.
• Lemmatium sickii (G.M.Barroso) Pruski
• Lemmatium wedelioides (Baker) Pruski