Acritopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1972.Tropicos, Acritopappus R.M. King & H. Rob.D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.
Taxonomy
Species , Plants of the World online has 19 accepted species:The Plant List search for Acritopappus
Selected synonyms include: Acritopappus hagei — synonym of Acritopappus heterolepis
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