Vernonanthura nana (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from the Paraná State (Brazil)

ALVARO JOSE VEGA; MASSIMILIANO DEMATTEIS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.288.3.11

Issue: Vol. 288 No. 3: 16 December 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-12-16

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.288.3.11

Page range: 291–295

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Vernonanthura nana (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from the Paraná State (Brazil)

ALVARO JOSE VEGA⁺⁻
MASSIMILIANO DEMATTEIS⁺⁻

Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Casilla de Correo 209, Código Postal 3400, Corrientes, Argentina Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentina

Eudicots Brazil Compositae new species Paraná

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Abstract

A new species of Vernonanthura (Asteraceae), V. nana, from the Brazilian state of Paraná is described and illustrated. The new species resembles V. squamulosa but differs in its geographical distribution, habitat, shape and pubescence of the leaves, and involucre length.