Fulcaldea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.Poiret, Jean Louis Marie. 1817. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique ... Supplément 5(2): 375 in FrenchBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1807. Plantae Aequinoctiales 1(5): 113-115 description in Latin, commentary in French; uses synonym TurpiniaBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1807. Plantae Aequinoctiales 1(5): plate 33 black + white illustration of Turpinia laurifolia, syn of Fulcaldea laurifolia
Species There is only one accepted species, Fulcaldea laurifolia, native to Peru and Ecuador.Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
formerly includedThe Plant List, Fulcaldea tomentosa (Lex.) Less. Fulcaldea stuessyi Roque & V.A.Funk synonym of Eremosis tomentosa (La Llave & Lex.) Gleason
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