Egletes

Not to be confused with Aegletes.

Egletes (tropic daisy) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies, with the range of one species barely crossing the US border into the extreme southern part of Texas.^[1][2][3]

Species

• Egletes domingensis Cass. - Hispaniola
• Egletes floribunda Poepp. - Amazonas State in Brazil
• Egletes florida Shinners - Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago
• Egletes humifusa Less. - Ecuador
• Egletes liebmannii Sch.Bip. ex Hemsl. - Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico
• Egletes obovata Benth. ex Oerst. - Colombia
• Egletes prostrata (Sw.) Kuntze - West Indies, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, northern Brazil
• Egletes repens Shinners - Venezuela, Colombia
• Egletes tenuifolia Cuatrec. - Colombia
• Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. - Texas, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, South America

Egletes
Egletes viscosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Egletinae G.L.Nesom
Genus:	Egletes Cass.
Type species
Egletes domingensis Cass.
Synonyms
Eyselia Reichb. Xerobius Cass. Platystephium Gardner