Blanchetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae,Robinson, H. (1999). Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (89).Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 75 in Latin- Tropicos, Blanchetia DC. It is endemic to Brazil (states of Bahia, Alagoas, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Sergipe).Salles-de-Melo, M. R. C., et al. (2010). Karyological features and cytotaxonomy of the tribe Vernonieae (Asteraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 285(3-4), 189-99.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepted two species: Blanchetia coronata (G.M.Barroso) Loeuille & Pirani Blanchetia heterotricha DC.
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