Erato

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Liabeae
Subtribus: Paranepheliineae
Genus: Erato
Species: E. costaricensis – E. polymnioides – E. sodiroi – E. stenolepis – E. vulcanica
Name

Erato DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 317. (1836)

Type species: Erato polymnioides DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 317. (1836)

References

De Candolle, A.P. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 317–318.
Hassler, M. 2018. Erato. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Erato. Published online. Accessed: May 28 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Erato in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.
Tropicos.org 2018. Erato. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 May 28.

Erato is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Liabeae of the sunflower family. It is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia, with its main centre of diversity in Ecuador.[2][3][1]

Species[4][5]

Erato costaricensis E. Moran & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica
Erato polymnioides DC. - Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Erato sodiroi (Hieron.) H.Rob. - Ecuador
Erato stenolepis (S.F.Blake) H.Rob. - Peru
Erato vulcanica (Klatt) H.Rob. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador

References

Tropicos, Erato DC.
Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 317–318 in Latin
E. Moran & V.A. Funk, A Revision of Erato (Compositae: Liabeae), Systematic Botany 31(3): 597-609 (2006)
The Plant List search for Erato
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist