Cyclolepis

Cyclolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Gochnatioideae
Tribe:	Gochnatieae
Genus:	Cyclolepis Gillies ex D.Don
Species:	C. genistoides
Binomial name
Cyclolepis genistoides D.Don

Cyclolepis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] The sole species, Cyclolepis genistoides, is native to South America, where it occurs in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.[2] Its common names include matorro negro.[3]

This is a dominant halophytic shrub in some saline habitat types, such as coastal habitat near Bahía Blanca[4][5] and the inland salt marshes of central Argentina.[6]

References

1. Tellería, M. C., et al. (2013). Pollen morphology and its taxonomic significance in the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae, Gochnatioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5), 935-48.
2. Cyclolepis. Preliminary Checklist of the Compositae of Bolivia. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Version 2, March 2011.
3. "Cyclolepis genistoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. (in Spanish) Nebbia, A. J. and S. M. Zalba. (2007). Comunidades halófilas de la costa de la Bahía Blanca (Argentina): Caracterización, mapeo y cambios durante los últimos cincuenta años. Archived 2018-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 42(3-4), 261-71.
5. Krüger, H. R. and N. Peinemann. (1996). Coastal plain halophytes and their relation to soil ionic composition. Vegetatio 122(2), 143-50.
6. Cantero, J. J., et al. (1998). Environmental relationships of vegetation patterns in saltmarshes of central Argentina. Folia Geobotanica 33(2), 133-45.