Claim: Epilasia (Benth. & Hook.f.) is a genus of Angiosperms in the Asteraceae family that has three accepted species,Epilasia mirabilis, Epilasia hemilasia and Epilasia acrolasia which are native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Evidence: Genus: Epilasia
(Bunge) Benth. & Hook.f. Epilasia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Angiosperms The flowering plants, also known as Angiospermae (/ˌændʒioʊˈspɜːrmiː/), or Magnoliophyta (/mæɡˌnoʊliˈɒfɪtə, -oʊfaɪtə/), are the most diverse group of land plants, with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Family: Asteraceae Epilasia mirabilis Lipsch. - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran Epilasia hemilasia (Bunge) C.B.Clarke - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan Epilasia acrolasia (Bunge) Lipsch. - Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon