''Electranthera'' is a
genus of
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae, native to Mexico to Honduras.
[ The genus was first established in 1836, but under the illegitimate name ''Electra''. A ]replacement name
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...
was published in 2015.[
]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, using the name ''Electra''.[ However, this name had already been published for a plant genus in 1813, so de Candolle's name was illegitimate.][ 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.][
]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
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accepted the following species:[
*'' 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
]
References
Coreopsideae
Asteraceae genera
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