Chaetacalia

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Chaetacalia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Subtribe: Senecioninae
Genus: Chaetacalia
Pruski
Species:
C. stylotricha
Binomial name
Chaetacalia stylotricha
(Cabrera) Pruski
Synonyms[1]
  • Lasiocephalus stylotrichus (Cabrera) Cuatrec.
  • Senecio stylotrichus Cabrera

Chaetacalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Chaetacalia stylotricha, an herbaceous perennial endemic to Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia.[1]

The species was first described as Senecio stylotrichus by Ángel Lulio Cabrera in 1950. In 2021 John Francis Pruski placed the species in the new monotypic genus Chaetacalia as Chaetacalia stylotricha.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Chaetacalia stylotricha (Cabrera) Pruski". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. ^ Pruski, J.F. Studies of Neotropical Compositae–XV. The new genus Chaetacalia, retention of Aetheolaena, Culcitium, Haplosticha, and Iocenes, two new species of Senecio, and Lasiocephalus revisited again (Senecioneae: Senecioninae). Phytoneuron 2021-65: 1–83. Published 22 December 2021. ISSN 2153-733X