Oriastrum

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Oriastrum is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, found in western South America (northwest Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru).[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2898514#page/53/mode/1up Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica 3: 50-51] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2898514#page/152/mode/1up Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica 3: plate CCLVII (257)] color illustration and line drawings[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033389 Tropicos, Oriastrum Poepp.] It is placed in the tribe Mutisieae.{{cite thesis |last=Robertson Davies |first=Alison Margaret |date=2009 |title=A systematic revision of Chaetanthera Ruiz & Pav., and the reinstatement of Oriastrum Poepp. & Endl. (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) |degree=PhD |publisher=Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |url=https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11538/1/Davies_Alison.pdf |access-date=2024-05-23}}