Espeletia incana

Espeletia incana

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 incana
Formae: E. i. f. incana – E. i. f. prolificens

Name

Espeletia incana Cuatrec., Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 3(12): 435, figs. 20A–E, 23K (1940)

• Type: J. Cuatrecasas 10.430 (in flower, 4 August 1940; Holotype: COL {COL000005050 (19479)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, COL000005051 (19480)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}; Isotypes: BC-Cuatrecasas-634610^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, COL [​COL000005052 (19481)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], F {V0049916F (1119332)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049917F (1232008)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049918F (1232009)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049919F (1231977)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049920F (1231976)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, V0049921F (1119217)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}}, P [​P02441509^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], US {US00132225 (1798055)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, US00132226 (1798056)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}).
• Type locality: Colombia. Dep. Santander: Páramo de la Rusia, vert. NW., 3300–3500 m. alt.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia [Boyacá, Santander]. 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%20incana. 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.  [see page 841]
• 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 16]
• 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 147]

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia incana. Accessed: 2023 July 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Espeletia incana 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 incana. 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 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Espeletia incana. Published online. Accessed: 7 July 2023.
• IUCN: Espeletia incana Cuatrec. (Vulnerable) - Assessed by M. Diazgranados on 19 March 2019 and published in 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Espeletia incana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 July 2023.

Vernacular names

español: Frailejón Blanco

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