Cyclolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] The sole species, Cyclolepis genistoides, is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.[2] Its common names include matorro negro.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Gochnatioideae |
| Tribe: | Gochnatieae |
| Genus: | Cyclolepis Gillies ex D.Don |
| Species: | C. genistoides
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| Cyclolepis genistoides D.Don
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This is a dominant halophytic shrub in some saline habitat types, such as coastal habitat near Bahía Blanca[4][5] and the inland salt marshes of central Argentina.[6]
References
edit- ^ Tellería, M. C., et al. (2013). Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5), 935-48.
- ^ Cyclolepis. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011.
- ^ "Cyclolepis genistoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ (in Spanish) Nebbia, A. J. and S. M. Zalba. (2007). Comunidades halófilas de la costa de la Bahía Blanca (Argentina): Caracterización, mapeo y cambios durante los últimos cincuenta años. Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 42(3-4), 261-71.
- ^ Krüger, H. R. and N. Peinemann. (1996). Coastal plain halophytes and their relation to soil ionic composition. Vegetatio 122(2), 143-50.
- ^ Cantero, J. J., et al. (1998). Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina. Folia Geobotanica 33(2), 133-45.
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