Epaltes

Epalites divaricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Inuleae
Subtribus: Plucheinae
Genus: Epaltes
Species: E. brasiliensis – E. cunninghamii – E. divaricata – E. madagascariensis – E. mattfeldii – E. mexicana – E. pygmaea

Name

Epaltes Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 139. (1818)

• Type species: Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 15: 7. (1819)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Erigerodes Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 335 (1891), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Ethuliopsis F.Muell. in Fragm. 2: 154 (1861)
  • Gynaphanes Steetz in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 457 (1864)
  • Pachythelia Steetz in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 453 (1864)
  • Poilania Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 56 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast Regional: Caribbean Cuba Regional: Central America Guatemala Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Asia-Temoerate Regional: Indian subcontinent India, Sri Lanka Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southwestern Asia Hainan, Jawa, Leeward Is., Myanmar, Vietnam, Windward Is. Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indin Ocean Madagascar Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria Introduced into: Gulf of Guinea Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Cassini, A.H.G. de 1818 Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 139.

Additional references

• Bean, A.R. 2013. Reinstatement and revision of Sphaeromorphaea DC. and Ethuliopsis F. Muell. (Asteraceae: Plucheinae). Austrobaileya 9(1): 30–59. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. 5 in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June. Reference page.  does not accept the segregation of Ethuliopsis
• Hassler, M. 2018. Epaltes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 12. Reference page.  does not accept the segregation of Ethuliopsis
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Epaltes. Published online. Accessed: January 12 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Epaltes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 January 2018. does not accept the segregation of both Sphaeromorphaea and Ethuliopsis

Vernacular names

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