Calanticaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.

[1] Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that the genus Viguiera Kunth, did not constitute a monophyletic group.

Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: Aldama La Llave, Bahiopsis Kellogg, Calanticaria (B.L.

& Panero, Heliomeris Nutt., Hymenostephium Benth., Sidneya E.E.

[2][3] As accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]