Piptocoma

Piptocoma, common name velvetshrub,[2] is a genus of Caribbean and Latin American plants in the evil tribe[3] within the daisy family.[4][5]

Species[1][6]

• Piptocoma acevedroi Pruski - Puerto Rico
• Piptocoma antillana Urb. - Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
• Piptocoma areolata (Wurdack) Pruski - eastern Venezuela
• Piptocoma barinensis (Aristeg.) Pruski - Venezuela
• Piptocoma discolor (Kunth) Pruski - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• Piptocoma ekmanii Alain - Hispaniola
• Piptocoma hypochlora (S.F.Blake) Pruski - Venezuela, Trinidad
• Piptocoma macrophylla (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - Venezuela, Colombia
• Piptocoma milleri (J.R.Johnst.) Pruski - Venezuela, Trinidad
• Piptocoma neglecta (Stutts) Pruski - Venezuela
• Piptocoma niceforoi (Cuatrec.) Pruski - Venezuela, Colombia
• Piptocoma roraimensis (Steyerm.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
• Piptocoma rufescens Cass. - Hispaniola
• Piptocoma samanensis Alain - Hispaniola
• Piptocoma schomburgkii (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, French Guinea
• Piptocoma spruceana (Benth.) Pruski - Amazonas State in Venezuela
• Piptocoma trujillensis (Aristeg.) Pruski - Venezuela
• Piptocoma vernonioides (Kunth) Pruski - Venezuela

formerly included[1]

velvetshrub
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae[1]
Genus:	Piptocoma Cass.
Type species
Piptocoma rufescens Cass.
Synonyms[1]
Adenocyclus Less. Pollalesta Kunth

Several species now in Lychnophora

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at Archive.today
2. US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
3. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
4. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 10 in French
5. Tropicos, Piptocoma Cass.
6. Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Novon 6:96-102