lychnophora

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A genus of Brazilian shrubs belonging to the order Compositæ and the tribe Vernoniaceæ, and type of the subtribe Lychnophoreæ, characterized by having the heads aggregated into compound terminal clusters on a common fleshy receptacle, and the pappus with two rows of chaff, the outer short and persistent, the inner narrow, partially twisted, and caducous.