Diastatea
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| Diastatea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
| Genus: | Diastatea Scheidw. |
| Type species | |
| Diastatea virgata | |
Diastatea is a genus of plants native to Latin America, mostly in Mexico and Central America but with one species extending southward along the Andes to Argentina.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Diastatea costaricensis McVaugh - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- Diastatea expansa McVaugh - central Mexico
- Diastatea ghiesbreghtii (Kuntze) E.Wimm - southwestern Mexico
- Diastatea micrantha (Kunth) McVaugh - widespread from central Mexico to the Jujuy region of northern Argentina
- Diastatea tenera (A.Gray) McVaugh - southern Mexico and Guatemala
- Diastatea virgata Scheidw. - southern Mexico