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Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-09
Page range: 70–80
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Three new caespitose species of Senecio (Senecioneae, Compositae) from Central Andes

Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2241, 2362807 Valparaíso, Chile.
Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Cota Cota, Calle 27, Campus Universitario, La Paz, Bolivia. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166-0299, U.S.A.
Asteraceae Bolivia Peru taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Three new species of Senecio belonging to the group of discoid caespitose species are described from the high Andes of Bolivia. One of them is also recorded from southern Peru. Special emphasis is placed on the color of the anthers, style-branches, and corollas, which are useful characters that were undervalued in previous taxonomic treatments dealing with this species assemblage. The three species are illustrated and pictures of living plants are included when available.