Proustia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America and the West Indies.Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1811. Amenidades Naturales de las Españas 1(1): 33Tropicos, Proustia Lag.
Species Proustia cuneifolia D.Don - Peru, Bolivia Proustia ilicifolia Hook. & Arn. - Argentina, Chile Proustia pyrifolia DC. - Chile Proustia vanillosma C.Wright - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto RicoUS Department of Agriculture, plants database map
formerly includedFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist see Acourtia Berylsimpsonia Lophopappus Vernonanthura Proustia crassinervis Urb. - Berylsimpsonia crassinervis (Urb.) B.L.Turner Proustia cuneata S.F.Blake - Lophopappus blakei Cabrera Proustia domingensis Spreng. ex DC. - Vernonanthura buxifolia (Less.) H.Rob. Proustia mexicana Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia humboldtii (Less.) B.L.Turner Proustia reticulata Lag. ex D.Don - Acourtia reticulata (Lag. ex D.Don) Reveal & R.M.King
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