Plateilema

Plateilema is a genus of flowering plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Plateilema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Helenieae
Genus:	Plateilema (A.Gray) Cockerell
Binomial name
Plateilema palmeri (A.Gray) Cockerell
Synonyms[1]
Actinella sect. Plateilema A.Gray Actinella palmeri A.Gray Actinea palmeri (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.

There is only one known species, Plateilema palmeri, native to Texas (Big Bend National Park in Brewster County), Coahuila, and Nuevo León.[5][6][7]

References

1. Tropicos, Plateilema (A. Gray) Cockerell
2. Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. 1904. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31(9): 462 in English
3. Gray, Asa. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 31 description in Latin, commentary in English
4. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 444 Plateilema (A. Gray) Cockerell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 31: 462. 1904.
5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
7. Turner, B.L. 2000. Plateilema (Asteraceae: Helenieae) a new generic report for the United States. Sida 19:185-187.