Hymenostephium

Hymenostephium
Hymenostephium tenue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subtribe: Helianthinae
Genus: Hymenostephium
Benth. in Benth. & Hook.f.
Type species
Hymenostephium mexicanum
Synonyms
  • Garcilassa Poepp. & Endl.in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 45 (1843)
  • Haplocalymma S.F.Blake in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 51: 517 (1916)
  • Microcephalum Sch.Bip. ex Klatt in Leopoldina 23: 90 (1887), not validly publ.
  • Viguiera sect. Diplostichis S.F.Blake

Hymenostephium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes herbs and slender shrubs that occur from Mexico through to Venezuela and north-western Argentina.