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Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-25
Page range: 295–300
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Typifications of Stevia diversipapposa and its infraspecific names, with a re-description of S. vaga (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae)

División Plantas Vasculares, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; jfrc@macn.gov.ar (*corresponding author).
División Plantas Vasculares, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; jfrc@macn.gov.ar (*corresponding author). Laboratorio de Morfología Comparada de Espermatófitas (LAMCE, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Av. 60 s.n. entre 116 y 118, B1900FWA La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
División Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s.n. 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
Compositae Lectotype Neotype Piqueriinae Typification Eudicots

Abstract

Stevia diversipapposa was first described by Hieronymus in 1897, along with its forms breviaristata, exaristata and longiaristata. All these names are considered as later synonyms of S. vaga, a widespread shrub from northwestern and central Argentina, described by Grisebach in 1874. During our revision of the Argentinian species of Stevia, we found that type designations were missing for S. diversipapposa and its forms breviaristata and exaristata. Three specimens of CORD herbarium are chosen here as the lectotype of S. diversipapposa, and the neotypes of S. diversipapposa f. breviaristata and S. diversipapposa f. exaristata. Additionally, we provide a re-description of the species and a distribution map of S. vaga.