Electranthera

Electranthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Coreopsideae
Genus:	Electranthera Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski1
Species
See text.
Synonyms2
Electra DC., nom. illeg.

Electranthera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico to Honduras.² The genus was first established in 1836, but under the illegitimate name Electra. A replacement name was published in 2015.¹

The genus was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, using the name Electra.¹ However, this name had already been published for a plant genus in 1813, so de Candolle's name was illegitimate.³ In 2014, de Candolle's genus, whose species are shrubby and pistillate-rayed, was resurrected from synonymy with typically herbaceous and sterile-rayed genus Coreopsis. However, at the time the authors did not notice that de Candolle's name was illegitimate. In 2015, the legitimate replacement name Electranthera was published.⁴

As of March 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:²

• Electranthera cuneifolia (Greenm.) Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski
• Electranthera mutica (DC.) Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski
• Electranthera parvifolia (S.F.Blake) Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski