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|accepted_name=Malperia
|accepted_authority=S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=24: 54. 1889
|year=1889
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Malperia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malperia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Edward Palmer, 1831–1911, American field botanist who collected the type material; based on anagram of his surname
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 460
|treatment_page=page 509
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 10–40 cm. <b>Stems</b> erect, much branched. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; mostly alternate (proximal opposite); mostly sessile; blades 1-nerved, linear, margins entire, faces glabrous or puberulent, sometimes gland-dotted. <b>Heads</b> discoid, in loose, corymbiform arrays or borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> ± campanulate to obconic, 5–6 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, 20–30+ in 3–4+ series, not strongly nerved, lanceolate, unequal (± chartaceous, margins scarious). <b>Receptacles</b> flat, epaleate. <b>Florets</b> 20–30; corollas white, throats cylindric or narrowly urceolate (lengths 5–6 times diams.); styles: bases not enlarged, glabrous, branches filiform-clavate. <b>Cypselae</b> fusiform, 5-ribbed, scabrellous on ribs; pappi persistent, of 3 muticous scales plus 3,aristate scales. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Malperia
|author=Guy L. Nesom
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1889
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Malperia
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