Proteopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von & Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard ex Schultz, Carl Heinrich Bipontinus. 1863. Jahresbericht der Pollichia 20–21: 378Tropicos, Proteopsis Mart. & Zucc. ex Sch. BipRobinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116 It is native to Brazil.
Species
formerly included see Heterocoma Hololepis Minasia Sipolisia Proteopsis ekmaniana Philipson - Xerxes ekmanianum (Philipson) J.R.Grant Proteopsis glauca Mart. ex Baker - Hololepis pedunculata (DC. ex Pers.) DC. Proteopsis insculpta Philipson - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC. Proteopsis lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Philipson - Sipolisia lanuginosa Glaz. ex Oliv. Proteopsis scapigera Mart. ex Baker - Minasia scapigera H.Rob. Proteopsis sellowii Sch.Bip. - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
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