Symphyllocarpus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Maximowicz, Carl Johann. 1859. Mémoires Presentes a l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées 9: 151-152 in LatinMaximowicz, Carl Johann. 1859. Mémoires Presentes a l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées 9: plate VIII (8), figures 1-8 line drawings depicting Symphyllocarpus exilis The genus is poorly known, and botanists have not reached a consensus as to its evolutionary relations.Tropicos, Symphyllocarpus Maxim.
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 893 含苞草 han bao cao Symphyllocarpus exilis Maximowicz, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans. 9: 151. 1859. The only known species is Symphyllocarpus exilis, native to northeastern China (Jilin, Heilongjiang) and southeastern Russia (Amur, Primorye, Irkutsk).
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