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Issue: Vol. 430 No. 1: 23 January 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.430.1.4
Page range: 25–32
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 2

Four new species of Pteronia (Astereae, Asteraceae) from South Africa

Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag x17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa.
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa. Compton Herbarium, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa.
Compositae Northern and Western Cape provinces Eudicots

Abstract

During taxonomic studies of the southern African genus Pteronia, four new species, P. armatifolia, P. decurrens, P. flava and P. glandulosa were uncovered from the Northern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. We formally describe these four new species here and provide detailed descriptions, diagnostic characters, geographical distributions, as well as ecological information for each of the species.