Philactis is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1831. Index Seminum Horti Academici Gottingensis 1831: 4Tropicos, Philactis Schrad.Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F...

Species Philactis fayi A.M.Torres - Michoacán Philactis nelsonii (Greenm.) S.F.Blake - Chiapas, Oaxaca Philactis zinnioides Schrad. - Chiapas, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Hidalgo

formerly includedFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist see Heliopsis Philactis longipes A.Gray - Heliopsis longipes (A.Gray) S.F.Blake

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