Apostates (Asteraceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Bahieae
Genus: Apostates
Species: A. rapae

Name

Apostates Lander, Austral. Syst. Bot. 2(1): 129 (1989)

• monotypic taxon
• Type species: Apostates rapae (F.Br.) Lander

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Pacific South-Central Pacific Tubuai Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lander, N.S. 1989. Apostates (Asteraceae, Astereae), a new genus from the south-eastern Polynesian island of Rapa. Australian Systematic Botany 2(1): 129–133. DOI: 10.1071/SB9890129 Reference page. 
• Baldwin, B.G. & Wood, K.R. 2016. Origin of the Rapa endemic genus Apostates: Revisiting major disjunctions and evolutionary conservatism in the Bahia alliance (Compositae: Bahieae). Taxon 65(5): 1064–1080. DOI: 10.12705/655.8 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Apostates in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Apostates. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Apostates. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 21 2017.