Dolichothrix is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Dolichothrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Dolichothrix
Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Species:
D. ericoides
Binomial name
Dolichothrix ericoides
(Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Synonyms[1]
  • Xeranthemum ericoides Lam.
  • Stoebe nivea Thunb.
  • Klenzea lycopodioides Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
  • Gnaphalium argyrocoma Sch.Bip.
  • Bryomorphe lycopodioides (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Levyns
  • Helichrysum ericoides (Lam.) Pers.
  • Argyrocome ericoides Poir.
  • Aphelexis ericoides Sweet
  • Helichrysum aretioides Turcz.

There is only one known species, Dolichothrix ericoides, endemic to the Cape Province region of South Africa.[4]

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