# Piptocoma

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***Piptocoma***, common name **velvetshrub**,[1] is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) and [Latin American](/source/Latin_American) plants in the tribe [Vernonieae](/source/Vernonieae)[2] within the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[3][4]

**Species[5][6]**

- *[Piptocoma acevedroi](/source/Piptocoma_acevedroi)* Pruski - [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)
- *[Piptocoma antillana](/source/Piptocoma_antillana)* Urb. - [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico), [US Virgin Islands](/source/US_Virgin_Islands)
- *[Piptocoma areolata](/source/Piptocoma_areolata)* (Wurdack) Pruski - eastern [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
- *[Piptocoma barinensis](/source/Piptocoma_barinensis)* (Aristeg.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
- *[Piptocoma discolor](/source/Piptocoma_discolor)* (Kunth) Pruski - [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [Panama](/source/Panama), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), [Peru](/source/Peru), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
- *[Piptocoma ekmanii](/source/Piptocoma_ekmanii)* Alain - [Hispaniola](/source/Hispaniola)
- *[Piptocoma hypochlora](/source/Piptocoma_hypochlora)* (S.F.Blake) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad)
- *[Piptocoma macrophylla](/source/Piptocoma_macrophylla)* (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
- *[Piptocoma milleri](/source/Piptocoma_milleri)* (J.R.Johnst.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad)
- *[Piptocoma neglecta](/source/Piptocoma_neglecta)* (Stutts) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
- *[Piptocoma niceforoi](/source/Piptocoma_niceforoi)* (Cuatrec.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
- *[Piptocoma roraimensis](/source/Piptocoma_roraimensis)* (Steyerm.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
- *[Piptocoma rufescens](/source/Piptocoma_rufescens)* Cass. - [Hispaniola](/source/Hispaniola)
- *[Piptocoma samanensis](/source/Piptocoma_samanensis)* Alain - [Hispaniola](/source/Hispaniola)
- *[Piptocoma schomburgkii](/source/Piptocoma_schomburgkii)* (Sch.Bip.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Guyana](/source/Guyana), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Colombia](/source/Colombia), [Suriname](/source/Suriname), [French Guinea](/source/French_Guinea)
- *[Piptocoma spruceana](/source/Piptocoma_spruceana)* (Benth.) Pruski - [Amazonas State in Venezuela](/source/Amazonas,_Venezuela)
- *[Piptocoma trujillensis](/source/Piptocoma_trujillensis)* (Aristeg.) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)
- *[Piptocoma vernonioides](/source/Piptocoma_vernonioides)* (Kunth) Pruski - [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)

**formerly included[5]**

Several species now in *[Lychnophora](/source/Lychnophora)*

## References

1. [US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile](http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=PIPTO3)

1. [Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe](http://sterlingkeeley.wordpress.com/vernonieae/)

1. [Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 10](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4439489#page/12/mode/1up) in French

1. [Tropicos, *Piptocoma* Cass.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009332)

1. [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch) [Archived](https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch) 2014-11-06 at archive.today

1. [Pruski, John Francis. 1996. Novon 6:96-102](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/661827#page/96/mode/1up)

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