Pseudelephantopus

Pseudelephantopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Pseudelephantopus Rohr 1792 not Pfeiff. 1874
Binomial name
*Pseudelephantopus spicatus* (B.Jussieu ex Aublet) C.F.Baker
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Pseudo-elephantopus Rohr, alternative spelling Spirochaeta Turcz. 1851 not Ehrenberg 1835 (a bacterium) Matamoria La Llave & Lex. Distreptus Cass. Ageratum dubium Blanco Ageratum quadriflorum Blanco Distreptus spicatus (B.Juss. ex Aubl.) Cass. Elephantopus dubius Blanco Matamoria spicata La Llave

Pseudelephantopus is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1792.^[3]^[4]

There is only one recognized species, Pseudelephantopus spicatus, native to Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies; naturalized in Florida, parts of Asia, and some islands in the Pacific.^[5]

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