Espeletia colombiana

Taxonavigation

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

Espeletia colombiana Cuatrec., Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3(11): 249 (–250; figs. 5 & 6B–C) (1940)

Type: J. Cuatrecasas & H. García-Barriga 1432 (in flower, [11 September 1938]; COL [COL000004981 (19366)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, holotype fide Mavárez 2021], US ['holotype' fide Diazgranados 2012, but as an isotype fide Mavárez 2021; US00132075 (1772981)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]; Isotypes: BC-Cuatrecasas-624337^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, F {V0049876F (1326031)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049877F (1325996)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}}, P [P04086173^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
Type locality: Colombia. Dep. Boyacá: Cordillera Oriental, Nevado del Cocuy; Las Lagunillas, Pozo Azul; páramo 4.110 m. alt.

Homotypic
- Espeletiopsis colombiana (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec., Phytologia 35(1): 55 (1976); not accepted by Mavárez (2021) [cited as Espeletia colombiana]

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Avila, F., Funk, V.A., Diazgranados, M., Díaz-Piedrahíta, S. & Vargas, O., Espeletiopsis%20colombiana. In: Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. 2015. Cátalogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. ISBN 978-958-775-726-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 1). Reference page. [see page 844]
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 28 (as Espeletiopsis colombiana)]
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 90 (as Espeletiopsis colombiana)]
Mavárez, J. 2021. A taxonomic revision of Espeletia (Asteraceae). II. Updated list of taxa, nomenclature, and conservation status in the Colombian radiation. Harvard Papers in Botany 26(1): 131–157. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v26iss1.2021.n9 ResearchGate Reference page. [see page 143]

Diazgranados, M., 2020. Espeletia colombiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T134498903A134650565.es.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia colombiana. Accessed: 2024 March 9.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Espeletia colombiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Espeletia colombiana. Published online. Accessed: 9 March 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Espeletia colombiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 March 2024.

español: Frailejón (Colombiano)