Plateilema

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|grandparent_authority = B.G.Baldwin

|genus = Plateilema

|parent_authority = (A.Gray) Cockerell

|species = palmeri

|authority = (A.Gray) Cockerell

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010371 Tropicos, Plateilema (A. Gray) Cockerell ]

|synonyms =

• Actinella sect. Plateilema A.Gray
• Actinella palmeri A.Gray
• Actinea palmeri (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.

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Plateilema is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Helenieae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13175876#page/547/mode/1up Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. 1904. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31(9): 462] in English[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8864331#page/43/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1883. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 31] description in Latin, commentary in English[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=125750 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 444 Plateilema (A. Gray) Cockerell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 31: 462. 1904. ]

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There is only one known species, Plateilema palmeri, native to Texas (Big Bend National Park in Brewster County), Coahuila, and Nuevo León.[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Plateilema&searchField=NameFull Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Plateilema%20palmeri.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]Turner, B.L. 2000. Plateilema (Asteraceae: Helenieae) a new generic report for the United States. Sida 19:185-187.