Lepidophyllum

Lepidophyllum is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[3][4]

Species

Lepidophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Chiliotrichinae
Genus:	Lepidophyllum Cass. 1816 not Trinajstić 1990 (syn of Phyllolepidum in Brassicaceae)[1]
Species:	L. cupressiforme
Binomial name
Lepidophyllum cupressiforme Cass.
Synonyms[2]
Genus: Brachyridium Meisn. Species: Athanasia cupressiformis Comm. ex DC. Baccharis cupressiformis (Lam.) Pers. Brachyridium cupressiforme (Cass.) Meisn. Conyza cupressifomis Lam. Gutierrezia cupressiformis (Lam.) Sch.Bip.

There is only one accepted species, Lepidophyllum cupressiforme, native to southern Argentina (Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego Provinces) and southern Chile (Magallanes Region).^[2][5]