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Issue: Vol. 186 No. 4: 2 December 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.186.4.3
Page range: 199–206
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Pericallis (Senecioneae, Asteraceae) endemic to Porto Santo (Madeira, Portugal) 

Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5ED, UK.
GBM, University of Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020–105 Funchal, Portugal.
Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5ED, UK.
GBM, University of Madeira, Campus da Penteada, 9020–105 Funchal, Portugal.
Compositae endemism island speciation Macaronesia

Abstract

A new species, Pericallis menezesii, is described from the island of Porto Santo in the Madeiran archipelago. Morphological comparisons are made with its sister taxon, P. aurita which is now considered to be endemic to the island of Madeira.