Revision of Eremanthus (Compositae: Vernonieae)

Wood Anatomy of Vernonieae (Compositae)

Cuatrecasanthus (Vernonieae, Compositae): A revision of a north-central Andean genus

Cuatrecasanthus is native to Ecuador and Peru and although several unusual characters define the genus, such as single flowered heads and corolla throat (limb) divided to the base with lobes that are thickened at the margins, the members of the genus were not recognized as especially closely related until relatively recently. All six species are described, including two new to science (Cuatreca...

Revisions and key to the Vernonieae (Compositae) of Thailand

Seventeen genera and 48 species, in five subtribes, are recognized in Thailand. These include 15 endemic taxa, half of which are in the largest genus, Acilepis, with others in the genera Camchaya, Koyamasia, and Okia. A new monotypic genus, Pulicarioidea, is established with P. annamica, the new name for the species formerly known as Vernonia pulicarioides. New combinations are also made for Ac...

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.

Revision of Pectis Section Pectidium (compositae: Tageteae)

gramineis foliis capitulis parvis." Linnaeus (1759) published alter­ nate names for Sloane's plant under both Peetis and Verbesina. The history of sect. longc Pectidium is closely intertwined with a ­ standing misapplication of the name Pectis linifolia. Only a year after Linnaeus described P. linifolia, {f . Jacquin (1760) published Pectis punctata. P. now to be tax-­ e ll Although punctata is...