Egletes

Egletes (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas.[1][2][3]

Species

Egletes
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Egletes

Type species
Egletes domingensis
Synonyms
  • Eyselia Reichb.
  • Xerobius Cass.
  • Platystephium Gardner

References

  1. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 153 in French
  2. A. A. Anderberg; B. G. Baldwin; R. G. Bayer; et al. (2007). "Egletes Cass.". In Joachim W. Kadereit; Charles Jeffrey (eds.). Flowering plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The families and genera of vascular plants. 8. Springer. p. 306. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1.
  3. Tropicos, Egletes Cass.


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