Espeletia atropurpurea

Taxonavigation

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

Espeletia atropurpurea A.C.Sm., Brittonia 1(7): 508–509; pl. 2, figs. 4 & 36–40 (1935)

Type: A. Jahn 731 (in flower, 8 October 1921; Holotype: US {US00132022 (1120208)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, US00132021 (1120209)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}, US00037295 (1120210)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}}; Isotypes: F [V0049997F (2259545)^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], G {G00223714 (218252/1)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, G00223715 (218252/2)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, GH 00112827^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, NY [NY00579546^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}], VEN [fide Diazgranados 2012 et Mavárez 2019, but not seen by them]).
Type locality: Venezuela. State of Mérida: on the Páramo de Quirorá, [alt. 3200 m].

Homotypic
- Ruilopezia atropurpurea (A.C.Sm.) Cuatrec., Phytologia 35(1): 52 (1976); not accepted by Mavárez (2019) [cited as Espeletia atropurpurea]

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

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.

Cuatrecasas, J. 1976. A new subtribe in the Heliantheae (Compositae): Espeletiinae. Phytologia 35(1): 43–61. 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 39 (as Ruilopezia atropurpurea)]
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 96 (as Ruilopezia atropurpurea)]
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 148]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia atropurpurea. Accessed: 2024 March 3.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Espeletia atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Espeletia atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2024. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Espeletia atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 March 2024. Reference page.