Blanchetia

Blanchetia is a monotypic genus[1] of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Blanchetia heterotricha.[2][3] It is endemic to Brazil (States of Bahia, Alagoas, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Sergipe).[4][5]

formerly included[5]

Blanchetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Blanchetia DC.
Species:	B. heterotricha
Binomial name
Blanchetia heterotricha DC.

Baccharis blanchetiana DC., Synonym of Piptocarpha lundiana (Less.) Baker

References

1. Robinson, H. (1999). Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (89).
2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 75 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Blanchetia DC.
4. Salles-de-Melo, M. R. C., et al. (2010). Karyological features and cytotaxonomy of the tribe Vernonieae (Asteraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 285(3-4), 189-99.
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist