Aphanactis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Weddell, Hugh Algernon. 1856. Chloris Andina 1(4–6): 142-143. descriptions in Latin, commentary in French.Tropicos, Aphanactis Wedd.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, MedellínLuteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278
The genus is native to the Andes of northwestern South America, except for one species from southern Mexico.
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