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Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-04
Page range: 155–170
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Taxonomic notes on Erechtites (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)

Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Câmpus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Câmpus de Três Lagoas, CEP 79613-000, Três Lagoas, MS, Brazil.
Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Câmpus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Câmpus Trindade, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
overlooked species species re-establishment typification Eudicots

Abstract

In this work we present taxonomic notes for the genus Erechtites. More specifically, we present evidence for the re-establishment of E. petiolatus, a species that was hitherto being considered as a synonym of either E. valerianifolius or E. valerianifolius f. prenanthoides. Thus, we raise to six the number of accepted species of Erechtites. We present field photographs of E. petiolatus and E. valerianifolius and assess the conservation status of these species. Furthermore, we present taxonomic notes for E. valerianifolius and Senecio prenanthoides.