A new combination in Stenotus (Compositae: Astereae)

Relationships Among Astereae (Compositae) Genera Having X=6

THREE NEW RECORDS OF COMPOSITAE FROM IRAN

Following 3 species of Compositaeare reported as new records to Iran: Cousinia pycnoloba, Lactuca dissecta and Launaea remotiflora. The collecting localities and their figures are given.

Nahuatlea: a new genus of compositae (Gochnatieae) from North America

In the course of a detailed molecular study of the tribe Gochnatieae (Compositae: Gochnatioideae) it became apparent that the genus Gochnatia (sensu Cabrera) was not monophyletic but composed of a number of morphologically, geographically, and molecularly distinct clades. All but one of these clades had previously been recognized at the generic or sectional level and therefore had a name that c...

Gymnanthemum koekemoerae (Compositae, Vernonieae), a new species from South Africa

A new species of Gymnanthemum (Compositae, Vernonieae) from South Africa is described. It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the five-flowered capitula and widely obtuse leaf blades.

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

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.