A new species of Coespeletia (Asteraceae, Millerieae) from Venezuela

By

Diazgranados, Mauricio
Morillo Pacheco, Gilberto

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

28

Pages

9-18

Subjects

Coespeletia , Compositae , Espeletiinae , frailejón , Millerieae , Páramos , Venezuela

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.28.6378

 

Abstract

A new species of Coespeletia from the páramos of Mérida (Venezuela) is described here. This species, named Coespeletia palustris, is found in a few marshy areas of the páramo. It is closely related to C. moritziana, but differs from it in a smaller number of florets in the capitula, larger ray flowers with longer ligulae and longer linguiform appendages, smaller pollen grains, larger cypselae, ebracteate scapes, leaves and inflorescences with more whitish indumentum, larger leaf sheaths, and marshy habitat.