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Issue: Vol. 676 No. 1: 6 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-06
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.676.1.3
Page range: 52-62
Abstract views: 149
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Taxonomic assessment and historical context of Reichardia intermedia (Asteraceae) in the Canary Islands

Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Posgrado de la Universidad de La Laguna (EDEPULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Jardín de Aclimatación de La Orotava, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Puerto de La Cruz, Spain
Jardín de Aclimatación de La Orotava, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Puerto de La Cruz, Spain
Parque Nacional de Garajonay, Carretera General del Sur no. 6, San Sebastián de La Gomera, 38800, Spain
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Posgrado de la Universidad de La Laguna (EDEPULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Escuela de Doctorado y Estudios de Posgrado de la Universidad de La Laguna (EDEPULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Departamento de Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
distribution historical record morphology phylogeny taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

The Canary Islands harbor four species of the genus Reichardia according to the current knowledge. Three of them are endemic to the archipelago, one is widespread but probably also native. The discovery of a putative population of R. intermedia on La Gomera as a fifth Reichardia species triggered the revisiting of neglected historical occurrence reports of Reichardia for the Canarian archipelago. We combined phylogenetic and morphological evidence to confirm the identity of the newly discovered population and assessed the previous reports for the archipelago. Based on these findings, we confirm the presence of R. intermedia in the Canary Islands.

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