Lycapsus

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|genus = Lycapsus

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|species = tenuifolius

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|synonyms = *Alomia tenuifolia (Phil.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Reiche

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Lycapsus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Perityleae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33871305#page/290/mode/1up Philippi, Rudolf Amandus. 1870. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 28: 499] description in Latin, commentary in German[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010046 Tropicos, Lycapsus Phil.]

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There is only one known species, Lycapsus tenuifolius, native to Chile in South America.[https://archive.today/20141217190720/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=b82e7d5e-2c50-4025-9465-80e892e3abd0 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157