Epaltes Explained

Epaltes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} They are distributed in Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.^[4]

These plants are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with alternately arranged leaves.^[4]

Species

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• Epaltes australis Less. — China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Australia
• Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. — Australia
• Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass. — India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Java
• Epaltes harrisii F.Muell. — Australia
• Epaltes madagascariensis Humbert — Madagascar
• Epaltes mattfeldii Urb. — Cuba
  • Epaltes mexicana Less. — Veracruz, Guatemala, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche Epaltes pleiochaeta F.Muell. — Australia
• Epaltes pygmaea DC. — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4691158#page/147/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 139
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003863 Tropicos, Epaltes Cass.
3. 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.
4. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Epaltes Epaltes.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Epaltes The Plant List search for Epaltes