{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Tepuipappus |authority = Pruski |display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Tepuipappus''''' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It includes six species endemic to southern Venezuela.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Tepuipappus'' Pruski |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77335997-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> The species are moderately- or simply-branched shrubs 0.3 to 3 meters tall. They are native to the Sipapo-Yutajé-Complex of tepuis, specifically occurring on Cerros Autana, Camani, Coro-Coro, Cuao, Guanay, Sipapo, Yaví, and Serrania Yutajé. Tepuis are flat-topped mountains with a flora and fauna distinct from the surrounding piedmont and lowlands.<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>

John F. Pruski described the genus in 2023, and placed it in subtribe Verbesininae of tribe Heliantheae.<ref name = Pruski/>

==Species== Six species are accepted. *''Tepuipappus camani'' {{small|(Maguire & K.D.Phelps) Pruski}} – Cerro Camani<ref name = Pruski/> *''Tepuipappus esposi'' {{small|(Maguire & K.D.Phelps) Pruski}} – Cerro Guanay<ref name = Pruski/> *''Tepuipappus kunhardtii'' {{small|(Maguire) Pruski}} – Cerro Sipapo, Cerro Autana, and Cerro Cuao<ref name = Pruski/> *''Tepuipappus orbiculatus'' {{small|(Maguire & Aristeg.) Pruski}} – Cerro Yutajé and Cerro Coro Coro<ref name = Pruski/> *''Tepuipappus phelpsiae'' {{small|(Lasser & Maguire) Pruski}} – Cerro Yaví<ref name = Pruski/> *''Tepuipappus punctatus'' {{small|(Maguire & Wurdack) Pruski}} – Cerro Yutajé<ref name = Pruski/>

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Category:Heliantheae Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Endemic flora of Venezuela Category:Flora of the Tepuis Category:Taxa described in 2023