Dolichothrix

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Dolichothrix

|parent_authority = Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

|species = ericoides

|authority = (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

|synonyms_ref = [https://archive.today/20141119124030/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=97690e29-b82d-4980-b7ca-47fbe938a92e Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

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• Xeranthemum ericoides Lam.
• Stoebe nivea Thunb.
• Klenzea lycopodioides Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
• Gnaphalium argyrocoma Sch.Bip.
• Bryomorphe lycopodioides (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Levyns
• Helichrysum ericoides (Lam.) Pers.
• Argyrocome ericoides Poir.
• Aphelexis ericoides Sweet
• Helichrysum aretioides Turcz.

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Dolichothrix is a genus of flowering plants in the family of Asteraceae.Hilliard, Olive Mary & Burtt, Brian Laurence. 1981. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 222[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034739 Tropicos, Dolichothrix Hilliard & B.L. Burtt ]

There is only one known species, Dolichothrix ericoides, which is endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa.[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-38807 The Plant List, Dolichothrix ericoides (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt ]