Trigonopterum

Trigonopterum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It contains a single species, Trigonopterum laricifolium,^[3] commonly known as the needle-leafed daisy.^[1] Its native range is the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.^[2]

Trigonopterum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ecliptinae
Genus:	Trigonopterum Steetz (1854 publ. 1855)
Species:	T. laricifolium
Binomial name
Trigonopterum laricifolium (Hook.f.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob. (2001)
Synonyms[2][3]
Macraea Hook.f. (1846), nom. illeg. Lipochaeta laricifolia (Hook.f.) A.Gray (1862) Macraea laricifolia Hook.f. (1847) Macraea lancifolia Hook.f. (1847) Trigonopterum pontenii Andersson (1854 publ. 1855)