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Fulcaldea

Fulcaldea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Species

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Fulcaldea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Barnadesioideae
Tribe: Barnadesieae
Genus: Fulcaldea
Poir.
Species:
F. laurifolia
Binomial name
Fulcaldea laurifolia
Synonyms23
  • Turpinia Bonpl. 1807, rejected name, not Turpinia Vent. 1807 (Staphyleaceae) nor Turpinia Lex. 1824 (Asteraceae)1
  • Dolichostylis Cass.
  • Turpinia laurifolia Bonpl.
  • Barnadesia laurifolia Kuntze
  • Barnadesia laurifolia Hieron.
  • Dolichostylis laurifolia Cass.
  • Turpinia laurifolia Humb. & Bonpl.

Fulcaldea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.456

Species

There is only one accepted species, Fulcaldea laurifolia, native to Peru and Ecuador.278

formerly included9
  • Fulcaldea stuessyi Roque & V.A.Funk 10 synonym of Eremosis tomentosa (La Llave & Lex.) Gleason
References

References

  1. Greuter, W. R. & C. Flann. 2010. (1961-1963) Proposals to conserve Chryopsis, nom. cons., against Diplopappus, Felicia, nom. cons., against Coelestina, Agathaea, and Charieis, and the name Fulcaldea against Turpinia, nom. rej. (Compositae). Taxon 59(4): 1284–1285.
  2. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. Tropicos, Fulcaldea Poir.
  4. Poiret, Jean Louis Marie. 1817. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique ... Supplément 5(2): 375 in French
  5. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1807. Plantae Aequinoctiales 1(5): 113-115 description in Latin, commentary in French; uses synonym Turpinia
  6. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1807. Plantae Aequinoctiales 1(5): plate 33 black + white illustration of Turpinia laurifolia, syn of Fulcaldea laurifolia
  7. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  8. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
  9. The Plant List, Fulcaldea tomentosa (Lex.) Less.
  10. Funk, Vicki A.; Roque, Nádia (August 2011). "The monotypic Andean genus Fulcaldea (Compositae, Barnadesioideae) gains a new species from northeastern Brazil". Taxon. 60 (4): 1095–1113. doi:10.1002/tax.604012.