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Heterocoma is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[3][4][5]

Heterocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae[1]
Genus:	Heterocoma Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Type species
Heterocoma Albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
Synonyms[2]
Bishopalea H.Rob. Sipolisia Glaz. ex Oliv. Xerxes J.R.Grant Alcantara Glaz. ex G.M.Barroso

Heterocoma was believed for many years to contain only one species, until 2013, when two new species were described and the three genera Bishopalea, Sipolisia, and Xerxes were merged into Heterocoma. All are endemic to the Brazilian Highlands.[2]

Species:[1][2]

formerly included[1]

Heterocoma bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC. - Chronopappus bifrons (DC. ex Pers.) DC.

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