Espeletia banksiifolia

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: Millerieae
Subtribus: Espeletiinae
Genus: Espeletia
Species: Espeletia banksiifolia
Subspecies: E. b. subsp. banksiifolia – E. b. subsp. granatesiana

Name

Espeletia banksiifolia Sch.Bip. & Ettingsh. ex Wedd., Chlor. Andina 1: 67 (1855 publ. 1856), as 'banksiæfolia', which is to be amended per ICN Art. 60.10

• Type: N. Funck & L.J. Schlim 1550 ([in flower], June [1847]; Holotype: P [​fide Diazgranados 2012 and Mavárez 2019; P04086326^(GBIF), Préte No. 736, annotated as 'Lecto-Holotypus' by J. Cuatrecasas in 1988]; Isotypes: BR {BR0000005267262^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BR0000005267590^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, F {V0051997F (1008173)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], V0051998F (1013714)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex G]}, G {G00223711 (218251/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, G00223712 (218251/2)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, G00223713 (218251/3)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}; '28722'^{(Field Museum, GBIF)}}, GH 00112828^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, LD [LD1033908^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], LE [fide Diazgranados 2012], P {P02441489^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, P02441507^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, P02441508^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [dated 1842]}, US [​US00132028 (1803742)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, type fragment]).
• Type locality: Venezuela. [Mérida:] Sierra nevada de Merida, à une élévation de 3500 mètres.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Libanothamnus banksiifolius (Sch.Bip. & Ettingsh. ex Wedd.) Cuatrec., Phytologia 35(1): 50 (1976), as 'banksiaefolius'; not accepted by Mavárez (2019) [cited as Espeletia banksiifolia]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Colombia [fide POWO; not recognized by Mavárez 2019]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weddell, H.A. 1855–1857. Chloris Andina. Essai d'une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l'Amérique du Sud. Tome 1. 232 pp., tt. 1–42. P. Bertrand, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cuatrecasas, J. 1976. A new subtribe in the Heliantheae (Compositae): Espeletiinae. Phytologia 35(1): 43–61. BHL. Reference page. 
• Diazgranados, M. 2012. A nomenclator for the frailejones (Espeletiinae Cuatrec., Asteraceae). PhytoKeys 16: 1–52. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.16.3186 Reference page.  [see page 35 (as Libanothamnus banksiaefolius)]
• Luteyn, J.L. 1999. Páramos: a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278. Issuu . Reference page.  [see page 92 (as Libanothamnus banksiaefolius)]
• Mavárez, J. 2019. A taxonomic revision of Espeletia (Asteraceae). The Venezuelan radiation. Harvard Papers in Botany 24(2): 131–244. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v24iss2.2019.n8 ResearchGate PDF. Reference page.  [see pages 152–154]
• Smith, A.C. & Koch, M.F. 1935. The genus Espeletia: a study in phylogenetic taxonomy. Brittonia 1(7): 479–530, tt. DOI: 10.2307/2804673 (via Wikipedia Library ). JSTOR . Reference page.  [see pages 507–508]

Links

• Avendaño, N., Espinoza Flores, Y., Fernández, A., García, M., Gonto, R., Hokche, O. & Limonggi, T., 2020. Espeletia banksiifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T149604792A149610390.es.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia banksiaefolia. Accessed: 2024 March 8.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia banksiifolia. Accessed: 2024 March 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Espeletia banksiifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Espeletia banksiifolia. Published online. Accessed: 8 March 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Espeletia banksiifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 March 2024.

Vernacular names

español: Frailejón de Árbol