''Aequatorium'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the aster family. It was described as a genus in 1978. It is a member of the tribe

Senecioneae Senecioneae is the largest tribe of the Asteraceae, or the sunflower family, comprising over 150 genera and over 3,500 species. Almost one-third of the species in this tribe are placed in the genus ''Senecio''. Its members exhibit probably the w ...

and native to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Species

, ''Plants of the World online'' has 13 accepted species:The Plant List, search for ''Aequatorium''
/ref> Selected synonyms include: * '' Aequatorium carpishense'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia carpishensis'' * '' Aequatorium cajamarcense'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia cajamarcensis'' * '' Aequatorium juninense'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia juninensis'' * '' Aequatorium limonense'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia limonensis'' * ''

Aequatorium repandum ''Aequatorium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It was described as a genus in 1978. It is a member of the tribe Senecioneae and native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemispher ...

'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia repanda'' * '' Aequatorium rimachianum'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia rimachiana'' * '' Aequatorium stellatopilosum'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia stellatopilosa'' * '' Aequatorium tovarii'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia tovarii'' * '' Aequatorium tuestae'' — synonym of '' Nordenstamia tuestae'' See '' Nordenstamia'' for more species

References

External links

* Flora of Southern America Asteraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Senecioneae-stub