Electranthera

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Electranthera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Coreopsideae
Genus: Electranthera
Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski [1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms [2]

Electranthera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico to Honduras. [2] The genus was first established in 1836, but under the illegitimate name Electra. A replacement name was published in 2015. [1]

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Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, using the name Electra. [1] However, this name had already been published for a plant genus in 1813, so de Candolle's name was illegitimate. [3] In 2014, de Candolle's genus, whose species are shrubby and pistillate-rayed, was resurrected from synonymy with typically herbaceous and sterile-rayed genus Coreopsis . However, at the time the authors did not notice that de Candolle's name was illegitimate. In 2015, the legitimate replacement name Electranthera was published. [4]

Species

As of March 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Electranthera Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2024-05-13
  2. 1 2 3 "Electranthera Mesfin, D.J.Crawford & Pruski", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2024-05-13
  3. ↑ "Electra D.C.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2024-05-13
  4. ↑ Pruski, J.F.; Tadesse, Mesfin & Crawford, D.J. (2015), "Studies of Neotropical Compositae–XI. The new generic name Electranthera (Coreopsideae)", Phytoneuron, 2015–68: 1–17, retrieved 2024-05-13


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