Proteopsis
# Proteopsis

Proteopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.

## Species

The only known species is Proteopsis argentea, native to the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

## formerly included

see Heterocoma Hololepis Minasia Sipolisia

* Proteopsis ekmaniana Philipson - Heterocoma ekmaniana (Philipson) Loeuille, J.N.Nakaj. & Semir
* Proteopsis glauca Mart. ex Baker - Hololepis pedunculata (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
* Proteopsis insculpta Philipson - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
* Proteopsis lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Philipson - Sipolisia lanuginosa Glaz. ex Oliv.
* Proteopsis scapigera Mart. ex Baker - Minasia scapigera H.Rob.
* Proteopsis sellowii Sch.Bip. - Heterocoma albida (DC. ex Pers.) DC.
