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Asteraceae

Espeletia Bonpl.

First published in F.W.H.A.von Humboldt & A.J.A.Bonpland, Pl. Aequinoct. 2: 10 (1808)

This genus is accepted

The native range of this genus is Colombia to NW. Venezuela and Ecuador.

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Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Heterotypic Synonyms

Carramboa Cuatrec. in Phytologia 35: 54 (1976)
Coespeletia Cuatrec. in Phytologia 35: 56 (1976)
Espeletiopsis Cuatrec. in Phytologia 35: 54 (1976)
Libanothamnus Ernst in Vargasia 1(7): 186 (1870)
Paramiflos Cuatrec. in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108: 748 (1995)
Ruilopezia Cuatrec. in Phytologia 35: 51 (1976)
Tamania Cuatrec. in Phytologia 35: 53 (1976)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Mavárez, J. (2019). https://doi.org/10.3100/hpib.v24iss2.2019.n8. epublication.
Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0