Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Platystephium graveolens Gardner, London J. Bot. 7: 81 (1848). Types: [Brazil:] ‗Hab. in the dried up sandy
beds of streams near Icó, Province of Ceará ([Gardner]1739), and in shady sandy places near Paranagoa,
Province of Piauhy ([Gardner] 2651). Fl. July–Oct.‘ Syntypes: BM, K. Isosyntype (Gardner 2651): NY 5.
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. var. sprucei Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 20 (1883). Types: [Brazil:] ‗prope Obidos:
Spruce n. 469! Traill n. 468.‘ Syntypes: Traill, K 2.
Grangea domingensis (Cass.) M. Gómez [de la Maza] var. viscosa (L.) M. Gómez [de la Maza], Dict. Bot. Nom.
Vulg. Cubanos Puerto Riquenos : 115 (1889).
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. f. bipinnatifida Shinners, Lloydia 12(4): 244 (1949). Type: ‗Vento, Havana Province,
Cuba. A. H. Curtiss W. Ind. Pl. 697.‘ Holotype: ?GH; isotypes: ?F, K, ?US.
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. var. dissecta Shinners, Lloydia 12(4): 245 (1949). Type: ‗El Zapate, Sind. El Quelite,
Minuc. Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Jesus Gonzalez Ortega 5156, Julio, 1923.‘ Holotype: GH (6505); isotypes:
K, US (1165254).
Bolivia (Bení, Pando, Santa Cruz), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Peru, USA.
Disturbed areas, damp roadsides, river and stream margins, seasonally flooded areas.
0–500 m.
Flowering throughout the year in suitable conditions.
Bení: Wood 15039 (K).
Santa Cruz: Wood et al. 25089 (K, USZ).
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. f. bipinnatifida Shinners, Lloydia 12(4): 244 (1949) = Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. var. dissecta Shinners, Lloydia 12(4): 245 (1949) = Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. var. sprucei Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 20 (1883) = Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.
Eirmocephala H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 100(4): 853 (1987) = Vernonia Schreb.
Eirmocephala megaphylla (Hieron.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 100(4): 854 (1987) = Vernonia
megaphylla Hieron.
Eizaguirrea Remy in Gay, Flora de Chile 3: 401 (1849) = Leucheria Lag.
Elachia DC., Prodr. 7: 256 (1838) = Chaetanthera Ruiz & Pav.
Elaphandra Strother, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 17 (1991).
Type: Elaphandra bicornis Strother
References
Pruski, J. F. (1996). Compositae of the Guayana Highland – XI. Tuberculocarpus gen. nov. and some other
Ecliptinae (Heliantheae). Novon 6(4): 404–418.
Robinson, H. (1992). New combinations in Elaphandra Strother (Ecliptinae-Heliantheae-Asteraceae).
Phytologia 72(2): 144–151.
Robinson, H. & R. D. Brettell. (1975). Studies in the Heliantheae (Asteraceae). V. Two new species of Aspilia
from South America. Phytologia 32(5): 419–425.
Strother, J. L. (1991). Taxonomy of Complaya, Elaphandra, Iogeton, Jefea, Wamalchitama, Wedelia, Zexmenia, and
Zyzxia (Compositae-Heliantheae-Asteraceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 1–111.
Elaphandra lucidula (S. F. Blake) H. Rob., Phytologia 72(2): 148 (1992) = Elaphandra ulei (Hieron.) H. Rob.
Elaphandra ulei (Hieron.) H. Rob., Phytologia 72(2): 148 (1992).
Aspilia ulei Hieron., Verh. Bot. Ver. Brand. 1906, 48: 205 (1907). Type: ‗Brasilia: bei Bomfin, Juruá im Staate
Amazonas ([Ule] n. 5150 – Oktober 1900).‘ Holotype: ?B.
*Aspilia lucidula S. F. Blake, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 36: 52 (1923). Type: ‗Type in the U.S. National
Herbarium, No. 1,120,940, collected at Rurrenabaque, on the Rio Beni, District of Caupolicán, Province of
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