Aequatorium

Aequatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It was described as a genus in 1978.^[1][2] It is a member of the tribe Senecioneae and native to South America.^[3]

Aequatorium
Aequatorium jamesonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Aequatorium B. Nord.

Species

As of July 2025^[update], Plants of the World Online accepts 12 species.^[4]

• Aequatorium albiflorum (Wedd.) Cuatrec. & S.Díaz - Colombia
• Aequatorium asterotrichum B.Nord. - Ecuador
• Aequatorium caucanum S.Díaz & Cuatrec.
• Aequatorium jamesonii S.F.Blake - Ecuador
• Aequatorium latibracteolatum S.Díaz & Cuatrec - Colombia
• Aequatorium lepidotum B.Nord. - Ecuador
• Aequatorium palealbum S.Díaz & A.Correa - Colombia
• Aequatorium polygonoides (Cuatrec.) B.Nord. - Colombia
• Aequatorium repandiforme B.Nord. - Ecuador
• Aequatorium sinuatifolium S.Díaz & Cuatrec - Colombia
• Aequatorium tatamanum S.Díaz & A.Correa - Colombia
• Aequatorium verrucosum (Wedd.) S.Díaz & Cuatrec. - Colombia

Formerly placed here

• Aequatorium carpishense (Cuatrec.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys carpishensis (Cuatrec.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec.
• Aequatorium cajamarcense H.Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys cajamarcensis (H.Rob. & Cuatrec.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium juninense H.Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys juninensis (H.Rob. & Cuatrec.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium limonense B.Nord. — synonym of Gynoxys limonensis (B.Nord.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium pascoense H.Beltrán & H.Rob. — synonym of Gynoxys pascoensis (H.Beltrán & H.Rob.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium repandum (Wedd.) C.Jeffrey — synonym of Gynoxys repanda Wedd.
• Aequatorium rimachianum (Cuatrec.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys rimachiana Cuatrec.
• Aequatorium stellatopilosum (Cuatrec.) C. Jeffrey — synonym of Gynoxys stellatopilosa (Cuatrec.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium tovarii H. Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys tovarii (H.Rob. & Cuatrec.) Escobari & N.Kilian
• Aequatorium tuestae (Cuatrec.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec. — synonym of Gynoxys tuestae (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.
• Aequatorium venezuelanum V.M.Badillo — synonym of Gynoxys venezuelana (V.M.Badillo) Escobari & N.Kilian