Espeletia congestiflora

Espeletia congestiflora

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 congestiflora

Name

Espeletia congestiflora Cuatrec., Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3(12): 434 (–435; figs. 19, 23J) (1940)

• Type: J. Cuatrecasas 10.366 (in flower, 3 August 1940; Holotype: COL {COL000004983 (19372)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, COL000004984 (19368)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; Isotypes: BC-Cuatrecasas-634855^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, COL {COL000004982 (19369)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, COL000004985 (19367)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, F {V0049878F (1231968)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049879F (1231969)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049880F (1231970)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049881F (1119349)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049882F (1119344)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}}, P [​P02441494^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], US {US00132084 (1798047)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, US00132085 (1798048)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}).
• Type locality: Colombia. Dep. Boyacá: Páramo de Guantiva, cerca de Las Gaitas, 3300 m. alt.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Cuatrecasas, J. 1940. Notas a la flora de Colombia, II. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 3(12): 425–438, tt. I–IV. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Avila, F., Funk, V.A., Diazgranados, M., Díaz-Piedrahíta, S. & Vargas, O.,  Espeletia%20congestiflora. 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).  Accessed: 7 July 2023. 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 12]
• 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 89]
• 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]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia congestiflora. Accessed: 2023 July 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Espeletia congestiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July 7. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Espeletia congestiflora. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Espeletia congestiflora. Published online. Accessed: 7 July 2023.
• IUCN: Espeletia congestiflora Cuatrec. (Least Concern) - Assessed by M. Diazgranados on 20 March 2019 and published in 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Espeletia congestiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 July 2023.

Vernacular names

español: Frailejón Aglomerado

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