Orognaphalon
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Orognaphalon
|authority = G.L.Nesom
|display_parents = 3
}}
Orognaphalon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes four species native to Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Orognaphalon G.L.Nesom |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77345539-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=27 June 2025}}
Species are herbaceous non-stoloniferous perennials with erect stems, a basal rosette of leaves, and fibrous roots. They grow in high-elevation páramo grasslands in the northern Andes of Colombia and Venezuela,{{cite journal |last=Nesom |first=Guy L. |title=Two new genera of white-bracted Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) from the northern and central Andes |journal=Phytoneuron| volume=2024-37 |pages=1–62 |date=9 May 2024 |issn=2153-733X |url=https://www.phytoneuron.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/37PhytoN-NewGnaphalieaeGenera.pdf}} and the mountains of Costa Rica.
Species
- Orognaphalon grandiflorum {{small|G.L.Nesom}} – Sierra de Usme of Colombia, near Bogota
- Orognaphalon paramorum {{small|(S.F.Blake) G.L.Nesom}} – Serranía del Perijá of Colombia, Cordillera de Mérida Venezuela, and Costa Rica
- Orognaphalon rosulatum {{small|(S.Moore) G.L.Nesom}} – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia
- Orognaphalon santamartense {{small|G.L.Nesom}} – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q135107844}}
Category:Flora of Southern America