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Egletes
Sign in to saveEgletes (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UNIVASF, UFC, JBRJ, UNB, COLO
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Mexico, Brazil, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
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- taxon common name
- tropic daisy
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Egletes (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants 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. Species Egletes domingensis Cass. - Hispaniola Egletes floribunda Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil Egletes florida Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago Egletes humifusa Less. - Ecuador Egletes liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico Egletes obovata Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia Egletes prostrata (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil Egletes repens Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia Egletes tenuifolia Cuatrec. - Colombia Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America
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