Espeletia moritziana

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 moritziana Sch.Bip. ex Wedd., Chlor. Andina 1(3): 65–66 (1855 publ. 1856)

Syntypes:
- J.J. Linden 399 (August [1842]; P ['lectotype' fide Diazgranados 2012; P04086194^(GBIF), annotated as 'Lecto-holotypus' by J. Cuatrecasas in 1986]; Isosyntype: P [P02441522^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, only leaves; inflorescences are of E. semiglobulata Cuatrec.])
  - Note: as pointed in Tropicos, the lectotypification Diazgranados presented lacks reference in which it had been made; as Weddell (1856: 63) and Cuatrecasas (2013: 579) noticed, labelling on Linden collections had experienced some confusion, so Linden 368 (P [P04086193^(GBIF)]) and Linden 398 (F [fide Smith & Koch 1935], G [fide Smith & Koch 1935], P [P02441483^{(CRIA, GBIF, JSTOR)}, leaves only; inflorescences are of E. semiglobulata], US [US00516669 (1473203)^{(GBIF, JSTOR, speciesLink)}]) could be considered as isosyntypes, if Cuatrecasas' suggestion is correct.
- J.W.K. Moritz 1416 (August–December [1852]; B [destroyed; monochrome photocopy: F 0BN015156^{(GBIF1, GBIF2, JSTOR)}]).
Type locality: Venezuela. Sierra Nevada de Merida, h. 4200–4500 m.

Homotypic
- Coespeletia moritziana (Sch.Bip. ex Wedd.) Cuatrec., Phytologia 35(1): 57 (1976); not accepted by Mavárez (2019) [cited as Espeletia moritziana]
Heterotypic
- Espeletia oppositifolia Sch.Bip. ex Wedd., Chlor. Andina 1: 62 (1855 publ. 1856), pro syn. sub E. grandiflora Bonpl.; synonymized with E. moritziana by Smith & Koch (1935)

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.

Cuatrecasas, J. 1976. A new subtribe in the Heliantheae (Compositae): Espeletiinae. Phytologia 35(1): 43–61. BHL. Reference page.
Cuatrecasas, J. (†) 2013. A systematic study of the subtribe Espeletiinae (Heliantheae, Asteraceae). Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 107: I–XII, 1–689. ISBN 978-0-89327-514-3 Issuu (only pp. 80, 113–115, 133–144, 379, 381–382, 417–419, 479, 481–483 & 575) . 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 7]
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 87]
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 pages 193 & 196–197]
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 510–511]

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Espeletia moritziana. Accessed: 2024 March 5.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Espeletia moritziana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Espeletia moritziana. Published online. Accessed: 5 March 2024. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Espeletia moritziana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 March 2024. Reference page.