Perymenium is a genus of South American and Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1830. Index Seminum Horti Academici Gottingensis 1830: 4Tropicos, Perymenium Schrad.
Species 65 species are accepted.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
Formerly included Several species were once considered members of Perymenium but are now placed in other genera, including Damnxanthodium, Oteiza, and Steiractinia. They include: Oteiza acuminata (as Perymenium acuminatum )
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