Epaltes

Epaltes
Epaltes australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Epaltes
Cass.
Type species
Epaltes divaricata
(L.) Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Epalthes Walp. spelling variant
  • Erigerodes L. ex Kuntze
  • Sphaeromorphaea DC.
  • Ethuliopsis F.Muell.
  • Gynaphanes Steetz
  • Pachythelia Steetz

Epaltes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3][4][5] They are distributed in Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.[5]

These plants are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with alternately arranged leaves.[5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Epaltes australis Less. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Australia
  2. Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. - Australia
  3. Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Java
  4. Epaltes harrisii F.Muell. - Australia
  5. Epaltes madagascariensis Humbert - Madagascar
  6. Epaltes mattfeldii Urb. - Cuba
  7. Epaltes mexicana Less. - Veracruz, Guatemala, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche
  8. Epaltes pleiochaeta F.Muell. - Australia
  9. Epaltes pygmaea DC. - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 139 in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Epaltes Cass.
  4. ↑ Bayer, R. J. and E. W. Cross. (2003). Reassessment of tribal affinities of Cratystylis and Haegiela (Asteraceae) based on three chloroplast DNA sequences. Plant Syst. Evol. 236: 207–220.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Epaltes. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Epaltes