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Type: Article
Published: 2018-12-12
Page range: 288–292
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Towards a better understanding of Xenophyllum esquilachense (Senecioneae, Compositae), a poorly known Andean species

Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2241, 2362807 Valparaíso, Chile.
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Casilla 787, Santiago, Chile.
Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2241, 2362807 Valparaíso, Chile.
Asteraceae Bolivia Chile dichotomous key Peru Senecio Werneria Eudicots

Abstract

Xenophyllum esquilachense is a poorly known Andean species that was hitherto considered endemic to southern Peru. It is recorded for the first time from Bolivia and northern Chile, and the name Senecio pfisteri is synonymized with it. New insights on its global occurrence, ecology, and taxonomy are provided, as well as pictures of living plants and an updated dichotomous key to the Xenophyllum species from southern Andes.