Espeletiinae

Espeletia sp. in habitat

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
Genera: Espeletia – Tamananthus

Name

Espeletiinae Cuatrec., Phytologia 35(1): 48. (1976) emend. Mavárez (2019)

• Type genus: Espeletia Mutis ex Humb. & Bonpl., Pl. Aequinoct. [Humboldt & Bonpland] 2(9): 10, t. 70-72. (1808)
  

Note: Subtribe now sensu Mavárez (2019) with the addition of Tamananthus which was not analysed, however, it is excluded by Diazgranados, 2012 pending further work.

References

• Cuatrecasas, J. 1976. Phytologia 35(1): 48.
• Baldwin, B.G. 2009. Heliantheae alliance. In: Funk, V.A, Susanna, A., Stuessy, T., Bayer, R.T. (Eds). Systematics, Evolution and Biogeography of Compositae. International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Vienna, Austria: 689-711.
• Cuatrecasas J. 2013. A systematic study of the subtribe Espeletiinae. The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA. Summary PDF
• Diazgranados, M. 2012. A nomenclator for the frailejones (Espeletiinae Cuatrec., Asteraceae). PhytoKeys 16: 1–52. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.16.3186 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Espeletiinae. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 18 2018.
• 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. 
• Panero, J. 2007. Tribe Millerieae Lindl. (1829). In: Kubitzki, K. (Ed). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York: 477-492

Vernacular names

English: Frailejones, Espeletia complex
español: Frailejones
русский: Эспелетиевые