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Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-16
Page range: 271–277
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A new species of Senecio (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) endemic to the pumices of the Ticsani Volcano in Moquegua, South Peru

Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Botany Section, National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Herbarium Vadense, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands. Instituto Científico Michael Owen Dillon, Av. Jorge Chávez 610, Cercado, Arequipa, Perú.
Laboratorio de Florística, Departamento de Dicotiledóneas, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256, Lima 11, Perú.
Universidad José Carlos Mariátegui, Moquegua, Perú.
Compositae Senecio subser. Caespitosi South America taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

A new species of the genus Senecio (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) belonging to S. ser. Suffruticosi subser. Caespitosi is described from the pumices of the Ticsani Volcano, central-eastern part of the Moquegua Department in southern Peru. The new species differs from S. moqueguensis by its longer indumentum, different leaf shape and size, wider involucres, narrower calycular bracts, a greater number of phyllaries per capitula, and shorter pappus. A table with the morphological comparison with other species of Senecio is provided and the conservation status of the new species is assessed.