Eremanthus

Eremanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus: Eremanthus
Less.
Synonyms[1]
  • Vanillosmopsis Sch.Bip.
  • Pycnocephalum (Less.) DC.
  • Albertinia sect. Isotricha DC.
  • Sphaerophora Sch.Bip.
  • Paralychnophora MacLeish

Eremanthus Less is a genus of plants belonging to the sunflower family.[2][3] All plants are native of the Cerrado region in Brazil.

Eremanthus species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Dalcera abrasa which has been recorded on E. glomerulatus.

Species[1]
  1. Eremanthus arboreus
  2. Eremanthus argenteus
  3. Eremanthus auriculatus
  4. Eremanthus bicolor
  5. Eremanthus brasiliensis
  6. Eremanthus capitatus
  7. Eremanthus cinctus
  8. Eremanthus crotonoides
  9. Eremanthus elaeagnus
  10. Eremanthus erythropappus
  11. Eremanthus glomeratus
  12. Eremanthus glomerulatus
  13. Eremanthus goyazensis
  14. Eremanthus graciellae
  15. Eremanthus harleyi
  16. Eremanthus hatschbachii
  17. Eremanthus incanus
  18. Eremanthus leucodendron
  19. Eremanthus mattogrossensis
  20. Eremanthus mollis
  21. Eremanthus pabstii
  22. Eremanthus pohlii
  23. Eremanthus polycephalus
  24. Eremanthus reflexo-auriculatus
  25. Eremanthus rondoniensis
  26. Eremanthus santosii
  27. Eremanthus seidelii
  28. Eremanthus uniflorus
  29. Eremanthus veadeiroensis

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Lessing, Christian Friedrich. 1829. Linnaea 4: 317 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Eremanthus Less.

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