Erato is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Liabeae of the family Asteraceae. It is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia, with its main centre of diversity in Ecuador.[2][3][1]
| Erato | |
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| Erato polymnioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Liabeae |
| Subtribe: | Paranepheliinae |
| Genus: | Erato DC. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Erato costaricensis E. Moran & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica
- Erato polymnioides DC. - Panamá, 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
edit- ^ a b 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