Espeletia weddellii

Taxonavigation edit

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

Espeletia weddellii Sch.Bip. ex Wedd., Chlor. Andina 1: 66, t. 15B (1855 publ. 1856)

Type: J.J. Linden 1443 (July [1843]; P ['lectotype' fide Diazgranados 2012: 24, 'Holotype' fide Mavárez 2019; P02511601^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [annotated as an isotype by J. Cuatrecasas in March 1978] & P02511602^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Iso(lecto)types: BR [BR0000005267965^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}], F {V0052040F (633658)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex BM], V0052041F (972460)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)} [ex P]}, FI [fide Diazgranados 2012, but not seen by him], G {G00223697 (218242/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, G00223698 (218242/2)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)} [dated March 1842]}, K [K000486952^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR, REFLORA)}, annotated as 'Lectoholotype' by Cuatrecasas on 17 March 1978], KW [KW001001823^(JSTOR)], LE 00005740, P [P02441534^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], US [US00132426 (1803743)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}], W {0054760^(GBIF), 1889-0002154^(GBIF) [dated March 1842]}; cf. GENT [GENT10157640 (157802)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, stored as unknown Cuban Asteraceae]).
- Note: as pointed in Tropicos, the lectotypification Diazgranados presented lacks reference in which it had been made.
Type locality: Venezuela. [Trujillo:] Paramo de Niquitao, dans les Andes de Truxillo, à une élévation de 4000–4500 mètres.

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

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.

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 24]
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. 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 page 237]
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 509–510]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia weddellii. Accessed: 2024 March 4.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Espeletia weddellii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Espeletia weddellii. Published online. Accessed: 4 March 2024.
Tropicos.org 2024. Espeletia weddellii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 March 2024.

español: Chijí (Chiquito)