Ochrocephala

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Centaurea imatogensis-BM000827616-S.jpg

|display_parents = 3

|genus = Ochrocephala

|parent_authority = Dittrich

|species = imatongensis

|authority = (Philipson) Dittrich

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Ochrocephala imatongensis (Philipson) Dittrich |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:912878-1 |access-date=2023-05-11 }}

|synonyms =

• Centaurea imatongensis Philipson
• Leuzea imatongensis (Philipson) Holub
• Rhaponticum imatongense (Philipson) Soják
• Stemmacantha imatongensis (Philipson) Soldano

}}

Ochrocephala is a genus of Ethiopian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the daisy family Asteraceae.[https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8349 Genus Ochrocephala Dittrich in GRIN Taxonomy]Dittrich, Manfred. 1983. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 103(4): 476[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50334678 Tropicos, Ochrocephala Dittrich ] Its only known species is Ochrocephala imatongensis, native to Ethiopia.[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=105191 Sanbi, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute, African Plant Database, Ochrocephala imatongensis (Philipson) Dittrich]