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

Plateilema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Plateileminae
B.G.Baldwin
Genus: Plateilema
(A.Gray) Cockerell
Species:
P. palmeri
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.
Species

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]

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