Erato is a genus of flowering plants belonging to tribe Liabeae of the family Asteraceae. It is found from Costa Rica to Bolivia, with its main centre of diversity in Ecuador.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 317–318 in LatinE. Moran & V.A. Funk, A Revision of Erato (Compositae: Liabeae), Systematic Botany 31(3): 597-609 (2006)Tropicos, Erato DC.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Erato Erato costaricensis E. Moran & V.A.Funk - Costa Rica Erato polymnioides DC. - Panamá, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia Erato sodiroi (Hieron.) H.Rob. - Ecuador Erato stenolepis (S.F.Blake) H.Rob. - Peru Erato vulcanica (Klatt) H.Rob. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
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