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Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-06
Page range: 69–74
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Senecio eliseae (Compositae, Senecioneae), a new species from the southern Ecuadorian Andes

Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC, Plaza Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain Herbario Nacional del Ecuador, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales-Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Av. Río Coca E6-115 e Isla Fernandina, Quito, Ecuador
Asteraceae Ecuador paramos Eudicots

Abstract

Senecio eliseae is described as a new species from the southern Ecuadorian Andes. It is a suffrutescent herb characterized by erect branches that are leaved only in the upper half, yellow discoid nodding capitula, and glandular-hirsute indumentum on the stem, leaves, and synflorescence. Detailed photographs of plants from the type locality are provided.