Epaltes

Epaltes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3][4][5] They are distributed in Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.[5]

Epaltes
Epaltes divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Inuleae
Genus:	Epaltes Cass.
Type species
Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass.
Synonyms[1]
Epalthes Walp. spelling variant Erigerodes L. ex Kuntze Sphaeromorphaea DC. Ethuliopsis F.Muell. Gynaphanes Steetz Pachythelia Steetz

These plants are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with alternately arranged leaves.[5]

Species[1][6]

• Epaltes australis Less. — China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Australia
• Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. — Australia
• Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass. — India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan, Java
• Epaltes harrisii F.Muell. — Australia
• Epaltes madagascariensis Humbert — Madagascar
• Epaltes mattfeldii Urb. — Cuba
• Epaltes mexicana Less. — Veracruz, Guatemala, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche
• Epaltes pleiochaeta F.Muell. — Australia
• Epaltes pygmaea DC. — Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 139 in French
3. Tropicos, Epaltes Cass.
4. 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.
5. Epaltes. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
6. The Plant List search for Epaltes