Epaltes

Epaltes
Epaltes divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus:
Cass.
Type species
Epaltes divaricata
Synonyms[1]
  • Epalthes Walp.
  • Erigerodes L. ex Kuntze
  • Ethuliopsis F.Muell.
  • Gynaphanes Steetz
  • Pachythelia Steetz
  • Poilania Gagnep.

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

The following species are recognised in the genus Epaltes:[6]

  • Epaltes brasiliensis (Link) DC. — Lesser Antilles, Brazil.
  • Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. — Australia
  • Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass. — India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Hainan), Indonesia (Java)
  • Epaltes madagascariensis Humbert — Madagascar
  • Epaltes mattfeldii Urb. — Cuba
  • Epaltes mexicana Less. — Guatemala, Mexico (Tabasco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche)
  • Epaltes pygmaea DC. — India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)

References

  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. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c Epaltes. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  6. ^ "Epaltes Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-09.