Aequatorium Explained

Aequatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It was described as a genus in 1978.^{[1] [2]} It is a member of the tribe Senecioneae and native to South America.^[3]

Species

, Plants of the World online has 13 accepted species:^[4]

Selected synonyms include:

• Aequatorium carpishense - synonym of Nordenstamia carpishensis
• Aequatorium cajamarcense - synonym of Nordenstamia cajamarcensis
• Aequatorium juninense - synonym of Nordenstamia juninensis
• Aequatorium limonense - synonym of Nordenstamia limonensis
• Aequatorium repandum - synonym of Nordenstamia repanda
• Aequatorium rimachianum - synonym of Nordenstamia rimachiana
• Aequatorium stellatopilosum - synonym of Nordenstamia stellatopilosa
• Aequatorium tovarii - synonym of Nordenstamia tovarii
• Aequatorium tuestae - synonym of Nordenstamia tuestae

See Nordenstamia for more species

External links

• Web site: SPECIES: Aequatorium sp. . 2008-04-15 . Nee . Michael . Flora of Amboró National Park . .

Notes and References

1. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1978. Opera Botanica 44: 59
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033402 Tropicos, Aequatorium B. Nord.
3. Web site: Genus: Aequatorium B. Nord. . 2008-04-15 . Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) . Germplasm Resources Information Network . 1996-09-17 . Taxonomy for Plants . USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605140322/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?237 . 2011-06-05 . dead.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Aequatorium The Plant List, search for Aequatorium