Oxypappus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Oxypappus

|parent_authority = Benth.

|species = scaber

|authority = Benth.

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|synonyms = Chrysopsis scabra Hook. & Arn. 1841, illegitimate homonym not Elliott 1823[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Chrysopsis+scabra&commonname= Tropicos, search for Chrysopsis scabra]

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Oxypappus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/780298#page/159/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1845. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 118-119] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/780298#page/187/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1845. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, plate XLII (42)] line drawing of Oxypappus scaber[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035482 Tropicos, Oxypappus Benth.]

The only known species is Oxypappus scaber, native to western Mexico from Sinaloa to Oaxaca.{{cite web|title=Oxypappus|work=Global Compositae Checklist|url=http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=74D34B62-8C49-496D-8F25-41A45B53248B| accessdate=2011-06-04}}García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria

;formerly included

• Oxypappus seemannii (Sch.Bip.) Blake - Pectis bonplandiana Kunth