Dysaster cajamarcensis, a new shrubby genus and species of Astereae (Asteraceae) from Peru

By

Robinson, Harold Ernest, 1932-
Funk, V. A. (Vicki Ann), 1947-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

36

Pages

35-40

Subjects

Asteraceae , Astereae , Diplostephium , Hinterhuberinae , Peru

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.36.7393

 

Abstract

Dysaster cajamarcensis is a spreading broad-leaved shrub named as a new genus and species of the tribe Astereae subtribe Hinterhuberinae collected in northern Peru. It has bisexual disc florets, disc style branches with strong stigmatic lines and hairy appendages, compressed achenes in both ray and disc florets, and papyraceous involucral bracts.