Rhanterium

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image = Rhanterium epapposum — Guru Hegde 001.jpg

|image_caption = Rhanterium epapposum

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|taxon = Rhanterium

|authority = Desf.

|type_species = Rhanterium suaveolens

|type_species_authority = Desf.

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Rhanterium is a genus of dwarf-shrubs in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae growing in the deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa.{{cite book|title=Dictionnaire des sciences naturels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xS5LAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA312|year=1827|publisher=Levrault, Schoell|pages=312–314}}[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/305058#page/304/mode/1up Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: 291-292] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/305058#page/710/mode/1up Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1791. Flora Atlantica 2: plate 240] full-page line drawing of Rhanterium suaveolens

; Species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch |date=2014-11-06 }}[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Rhanterium The Plant List search for Rhanterium][http://www.floraofqatar.com/rhanterium_epapposum.htm Flora of Qatar, Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.]

• Rhanterium adpressum Coss. & Durieu - Morocco, Algeria
• Rhanterium epapposum Oliv. - Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan
• Rhanterium suaveolens Desf. - Algeria, Libya, Tunisia{{cite web|title=Rhanterium suaveolens|url=http://www.sahara-nature.com/plantes.php?aff=nom&plante=rhanterium%20suaveolens|work=Sahara-nature|language=fr}}