Calycera

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Calycera crassifolia 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Calycera crassifolia'' |taxon = Calycera |authority = Cav. (1797) |type_species = ''Calycera herbacea'' |type_species_authority = Cav. |synonyms = * ''Discophytum'' <small>Miers (1847)</small> * ''Gymnocaulus'' <small>Phil. (1856)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331449-2 ''Calycera'' Cav.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 18 November 2023.</ref> }}

'''''Calycera''''' is a genus of flowering plants in family Calyceraceae endemic to South America. It formerly contained up to 14 species.<ref name=Denham>{{citation |author1=Denham, S.S. |author2=Gallo, L.Z. |author3=Pozner, R.E. |year=2014 |title=Morphology and Taxonomic Revision of ''Calycera'' |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=1226–1249 |doi=10.1600/036364414X683877|s2cid=86037383 |hdl=11336/36559 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Six are currently accepted.<ref name = powo/>

==Species== Species include: * ''Calycera calcitrapa'' {{small|Griseb.}} * ''Calycera crassifolia'' {{small|(Miers) Hicken}} * ''Calycera herbacea'' {{small|Cav.}} * ''Calycera monocephala'' {{small|(Phil.) S.Denham & Pozner}} * ''Calycera necronensis'' {{small|(Zav.-Gallo, S.Denham & Pozner) S.Denham & Pozner}} * ''Calycera pulvinata'' {{small|J.Rémy}}

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Category:Calyceraceae Category:Asterales genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles