Erechtites

Erechtites hieracifolia

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: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Erechtites
Species: E. albiflorus – E. goyazensis – E. hieraciifolius – E. ignobilis – E. leptanthus – E. missionum – E. runcinatus – E. valerianifolius

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Erechtites in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 26. Reference page.

Name

Erechtites Raf., Fl. Ludov. 65. 1817 (Art. 62.4. ICN: masculine)

• Type species: Erechtites praealtus Raf.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
• Senecio sect. Erechtites (Raf.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 8: 260. 1882.
  

Note: This page is a taxonomic opinion of Erechtites s.l. (Tropicos, 2018) and its acceptance is not consensual (Hassler, 2018, APC, 2018 & TPL, 2018).

• Heterotypic
  • Neoceis Cass. in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1820: 90 (1820)
  • Ptileris Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: New World Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin Introduced into: Assam, Austria, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Fiji, Germany, Hainan, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Korea, Line Is., Malaya, Marquesas, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Poland, Queensland, Romania, Samoa, Saskatchewan, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vietnam, Washington, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Raf. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana, or, a flora of the state of . . . 65.

Additional references

• Thompson, I.R. 2006. A taxonomic treatment of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) in Australia. Muelleria 24: 51–110. DOI: 10.5962/p.291586 PDF Reference page. 
• Erechtites in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 5.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Erechtites. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Erechtites. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Erechtites in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Erechtites. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Fireweeds, Burnweeds

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