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Issue: Vol. 640 No. 2: 11 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.640.2.3
Page range: 125-160
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Taxonomic revision of the genus Calendula (Asteraceae) in the Canary Islands

Departamento de Biologia e CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal.
Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava (ICIA), C. Retama, 2, 38400 Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
LEAF- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Associate Laboratory Terra, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal.
LEAF- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Associate Laboratory Terra, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal.
Departamento de Biologia e CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal.
taxonomy DNA nuclear content chromosome number Calendula sventenii Calendula ricardii Eudicots

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the genus Calendula (Asteraceae – Calenduleae) for the Canary Islands is presented. An extensive morphometric analysis was conducted on specimens held in several herbaria and collected by the team, as well as chromosome counts and genome size estimates. Four species of Calendula were recognized in the islands: C. arvensis, C. officinalis, C. ricardoi, and C. sventenii, the latter two being new taxa, described for the first time in this work. Descriptions, an identification key, distribution areas, ecology and conservation assessments for each taxon are presented, as well as discussions of the possible origins of the taxa in the territory.

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