| Epaltes | |
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| Epaltes divaricata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Epaltes Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Epaltes divaricata | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Epaltes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.2345 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
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
- 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.