{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Lemmatium |authority = DC. |display_parents = 3 |synonyms = ''Brasilia'' {{small|G.M.Barroso}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Lemmatium'' DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:9713-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Lemmatium''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes 16 species native to South America, ranging from northeastern and central Brazil to northeastern Argentina.<ref name = powo/>
The genus was first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836. It was later synonymized with genus ''Calea'' as ''Calea'' sect. ''Lemmatium''. In 2023 John F. Pruski resurrected the genus.<ref name = Pruski>Pruski, J.F. 2023. The new genera ''Laceanthos'', ''Podocalea'', ''Tepuipappus'', the resurrected genera ''Lemmatium'', ''Meyeria'', ''Tonalanthus'', and other novelties in the ''Calea'' Alliance I. ''Phytoneuron'' 2023-42: 1–171. Published 6 November 2023. ISSN 2153-733X</ref>
==Species== 16 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Lemmatium arachnoideum'' {{small|(G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium brittonianum'' {{small|(Pruski) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium clematideum'' {{small|(Baker) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium diamantinense'' {{small|(G.A.R.Silva & J.N.Nakaj.) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium divergens'' {{small|(Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium fruticosum'' {{small|(Gardner) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium grazielae'' {{small|(J.U.Santos) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium intermedium'' {{small|(Pruski & Urbatsch) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium irwinii'' {{small|(G.M.Barroso) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium lemmatioides'' {{small|(Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium morii'' {{small|(H.Rob.) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium nitidum'' {{small|(Less.) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium oxylepis'' {{small|(Baker) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium rotundifolium'' {{small|(Less.) DC.}} *''Lemmatium sickii'' {{small|(G.M.Barroso) Pruski}} *''Lemmatium wedelioides'' {{small|(Baker) Pruski}} ==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Neurolaeneae Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa described in 1836 Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle