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Issue: Vol. 770 No. 2: 19 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.770.2.6
Page range: 140-148
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Recollection and identity confirmation of Senecio mayurii (Asteraceae), a little-known species endemic to the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany; Govt. Victoria College; Palakkad (University of Calicut); Kerala; PIN 678001; India
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany; Govt. Victoria College; Palakkad (University of Calicut); Kerala; PIN 678001; India
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany; Govt. Victoria College; Palakkad (University of Calicut); Kerala; PIN 678001; India
Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany; Govt. Victoria College; Palakkad (University of Calicut); Kerala; PIN 678001; India; Govt. Arts and Science College; Tholanur; Palakkad; (University of Calicut); Kerala; PIN 678722; India
Eudicots Distribution extension Paithalmala rediscovery

Abstract

Senecio mayurii Fischer (Senecioneae; Asteraceae), a very rare taxon endemic to the southern part of the Western Ghats, is redescribed herein with an interval of 87 years since the type collection of this species from the Kemmangundi hills, Karnataka, by P.V. Mayuranathan in 1936. The present collection of the species from the Paithalmala area of Kannur district, Kerala, marks not only its successful rediscovery but also an expansion in its geographic distribution.

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How to Cite

Kanakambika, G., Remya, S., Muhsina, A.A. & Maya, C.N. (2026) Recollection and identity confirmation of Senecio mayurii (Asteraceae), a little-known species endemic to the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Phytotaxa 770 (2): 140–148. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.770.2.6