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Issue: Vol. 351 No. 2: 1 June 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.351.2.3
Page range: 154–162
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 1

The identity of Senecio obtusatus (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) and a previous misapplication of the name

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China
Compositae Jacobaea misidentification new synonymy Sino-Himalayan flora taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

We demonstrate that the name Senecio obtusatus (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) has been misapplied. This name should be synonymized under Jacobaea nudicaulis, whereas those specimens previously misidentified as S. obtusatus should be referred to S. boluangensis.