Eremanthus
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| Eremanthus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eremanthus Less. |
| Species | |
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22: See text. | |
Eremanthus Less is a genus of plants belonging to the Asteraceae family with 22 recorded species. All plants are native of Cerrado in Brazil.
Eremanthus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Dalcera abrasa which has been recorded on E. glomerulatus.
References
- Sakamoto, H. T., et al. (2005) Quantitative HPLC analysis of sesquiterpene lactones and determination of chemotypes in Eremanthus seidelii MacLeish & Schumacher (Asteraceae). J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 16(6b) 1396-1401 accessed 27 March 2006
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