''Erato'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s belonging to
tribe
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Liabeae
Liabeae is a tribe in the plant family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Neotropics, where it is most diverse in the northern and central Andes.Dillon, M. O., et alChapter 27: Liabeae.In: Funk, V. A., et al. (eds.) ''Systematics, Evolution, and Bi ...
of the family
Asteraceae
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 ...
. It is found from
Costa Rica to
Bolivia, with its main centre of diversity in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
.
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* '' Erato costaricensis'' E. Moran & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica
* '' Erato polymnioides'' DC. - Panamá, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
* '' Erato sodiroi'' (Hieron.) H.Rob. - Ecuador
* '' Erato stenolepis'' (S.F.Blake) H.Rob. - Peru
* '' Erato vulcanica'' (Klatt) H.Rob. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
References
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Asteraceae genera