Epaltes is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1818. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: 139 in FrenchTropicos, Epaltes Cass.Bayer, R. J. and E. W. Cross. (2003). Reassessment of tribal affinities of Cratystylis and Haegiela (Asteraceae) based on three chloroplast DNA sequences. Plant Syst. Evol. 236: 207–220. Epaltes. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. They are distributed in Australia, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
These plants are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs with alternately arranged leaves.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Epaltes: Epaltes brasiliensis (Link) DC. — Lesser Antilles, Brazil. Epaltes cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. — Australia Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass. — India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Hainan), Indonesia (Java) Epaltes madagascariensis Humbert — Madagascar Epaltes mattfeldii Urb. — Cuba Epaltes mexicana Less. — Guatemala, Mexico (Tabasco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche) Epaltes pygmaea DC. — India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
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