Erato (plant) explained

Erato is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Liabeae of the family Asteraceae. It is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia, with its main centre of diversity in Ecuador.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Erato costaricensis E. Moran & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica
• Erato polymnioides DC. - Panamá, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
• Erato sodiroi (Hieron.) H.Rob. - Ecuador
• Erato stenolepis (S.F.Blake) H.Rob. - Peru
• Erato vulcanica (Klatt) H.Rob. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151752#page/322/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 317–318
2. http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1600%2F05-60.1 E. Moran & V.A. Funk, A Revision of Erato (Compositae: Liabeae), Systematic Botany 31(3): 597-609 (2006)
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004523 Tropicos, Erato DC.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Erato The Plant List search for Erato
5. https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist