Chresta pacourinoides

Chresta pacourinoides is a species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It was first described as Pithecoseris pacourinoides by A. P. de Candolle in 1836 with the name ascribed to Carl von Martius.^[1] Under this name, it was the only species in the genus Pithecoseris.^[2] Chresta pacourinoides is native to northeastern Brazil.^[1]

Chresta pacourinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chresta
Species:	C. pacourinoides
Binomial name
Chresta pacourinoides (Mart. ex DC.) Siniscalchi & Loeuille
Synonyms
Chresta amplexifolia Dematt., Roque & Miranda Gonç. Pithecoseris pacourinoides Mart. ex DC.