''Talamancalia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
.
It contains two species native to
Costa Rica
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and
Panama
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:
* ''
Talamancalia boquetensis''
(Standl.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
* ''
Talamancalia westonii''
H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
Synonyms
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...
:
* ''Talamancalia fosbergii''
(Cuatrec.) B.Nord. = ''
Lomanthus fosbergii
''Lomanthus fosbergii'', synonym ''Talamancalia fosbergii'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss
...
''
(Cuatrec.) B.Nord. & Pelser
Lomanthus, a new genus of the Compositae-Senecioneae
* ''Talamancalia putcalensis''
(Hieron.) B.Nord. & J.F. Pruski = ''
Lomanthus putcalensis
''Lomanthus putcalensis'', synonym ''Talamancalia putcalensis'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The species is threatene ...
''
(Hieron.) B.Nord.
* ''
Talamancalia westonii''
H. Rob. & Cuatrec. = ''
Pseudogynoxys westonii''
(H. Rob. & Cuatrec.) B.L. Turner Catalogue of Life: 2017 Annual Checklist
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* '' Pseudogynoxys boquetensis'' (Standl.) B.L. Turner = ''Talamancalia boquetensis'' (Standl.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
Flora Mesoamericana
References
Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Flora of Central America
Taxa described in 1994
Taxa named by José Cuatrecasas
Taxa named by Harold E. Robinson
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