''Epaltes'' is a
genus of flowering plants in the
daisy family
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
.
[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.[''Epaltes''.]
New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. They are distributed in Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
[
These plants are annual or perennial herbs or ]shrub
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s with alternately arranged leaves.[
]
Species
[The Plant List search for ''Epaltes'']
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*'' Epaltes australis'' Less. — China
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, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Australia
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*'' Epaltes cunninghamii'' (Hook.) Benth. — Australia
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*'' Epaltes divaricata'' (L.) Cass. — India, Sri Lanka
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, Myanmar
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, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Java
*'' Epaltes harrisii'' F.Muell. — Australia
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*'' Epaltes madagascariensis'' Humbert — Madagascar
*'' Epaltes mattfeldii'' Urb. — Cuba
*'' Epaltes mexicana'' Less. — Veracruz, Guatemala
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, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
, Campeche
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*'' Epaltes pleiochaeta'' F.Muell. — Australia
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*'' Epaltes pygmaea'' DC. — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
References
Inuleae
Asteraceae genera
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