Piptocoma, common name velvetshrub,US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile is a genus of Caribbean and Latin American plants in the tribe VernonieaeDr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe within the family Asteraceae.Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 10 in FrenchTropicos, Piptocoma Cass.
SpeciesPruski, John Francis. 1996. Novon 6:96-102
formerly included Several species now in Lychnophora
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