Epaltes
| Epaltes | |
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| Epaltes divaricata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Epaltes Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Epaltes divaricata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 139 in French
- ^ Tropicos, Epaltes Cass.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c Epaltes. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
- ^ "Epaltes Cass. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-09.