Cyclolepis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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Cyclolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Tellería, M. C., et al. (2013). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00606-013-0774-1#page-1 Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae).] Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5), 935-48. The sole species, Cyclolepis genistoides, is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.[http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/boliviacompositae/genera/Cyclolepis.htm Cyclolepis.] Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011. Its common names include matorro negro.{{GRIN | accessdate = 25 January 2018}}

This is a dominant halophytic shrub in some saline habitat types, such as coastal habitat near Bahía Blanca{{in lang|es}} Nebbia, A. J. and S. M. Zalba. (2007). [http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1851-23722007000200013&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en Comunidades halófilas de la costa de la Bahía Blanca (Argentina): Caracterización, mapeo y cambios durante los últimos cincuenta años.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506034924/http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?pid=S1851-23722007000200013&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en |date=2018-05-06 }} Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 42(3-4), 261-71.Krüger, H. R. and N. Peinemann. (1996). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00044696#page-1 Coastal plain halophytes and their relation to soil ionic composition.] Vegetatio 122(2), 143-50. and the inland salt marshes of central Argentina.Cantero, J. J., et al. (1998). [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02913341#page-1 Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina.] Folia Geobotanica 33(2), 133-45.