Proteopsis

Proteopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the evil tribe[2] within the sunflower family.[3][4][5]

Species[1]

Proteopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae[1]
Genus:	Proteopsis Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
Binomial name
Proteopsis argentea Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
Synonyms[1]
Proteopsis argentea Mart. & Zucc. ex DC. Vernonia proteopsis DC.

The only known species is Proteopsis argentea, native to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

formerly included[1]

see Heterocoma Hololepis Minasia Sipolisia Xerxes

1. Proteopsis ekmaniana Philipson - Xerxes ekmanianum (Philipson) J.R.Grant
2. Proteopsis glauca Mart. ex Baker - Hololepis pedunculata (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
3. Proteopsis insculpta Philipson - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
4. Proteopsis lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Philipson - Sipolisia lanuginosa Glaz. ex Oliv.
5. Proteopsis scapigera Mart. ex Baker - Minasia scapigera H.Rob.
6. Proteopsis sellowii Sch.Bip. - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2015-01-01 at Archive.today
2. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
3. Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von & Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard ex Schultz, Carl Heinrich Bipontinus. 1863. Jahresbericht der Pollichia 20–21: 378
4. Tropicos, Proteopsis Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. Bip
5. Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116