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Issue: Vol. 606 No. 2: 28 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.606.2.6
Page range: 155-163
Abstract views: 103
PDF downloaded: 10

The identity of Synotis borii (Asteraceae-Senecioneae)

Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; P. R. China
Department of Botany; Center for Advanced Studies in Botany; North Eastern Hill University; Shillong-793022; Meghalaya; India
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Bamboo Germplasm Resources and Utilization; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; P. R. China
Eudicots India Plant taxonomy Misidentification Senecio Synotis

Abstract

Our critical examination of ample material including the type specimen and our study of the protologue convinced us that Synotis borii is not different from S. saluenensis and therefore should be synonymized with the latter.

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