Open AccessA new species of Dicoma (Asteraceae, Mutisieae) from South Africa
Author(s) -
ORTIZ SANTIAGO,
NETNOU NOLUTHANDO C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00383.x
Subject(s) - asteraceae , biology , botany
During our revision of the genus Dicoma (Asteraceae, Mutisieae) from South Africa, we have carefully studied the remaining material of a collection made by Marloth from the Ga Mhana peak (Kuruman district), which we herein describe as a novel species. Until now this species has been misinterpreted as D. nachtigalii O. Hoffm. or left unclassified because of its lack of complete florets. In addition to the description of the new species, D. kurumanii , we discuss its relationships with D. cuneneënsis Wild and with D. nachtigalii , the most similar species of the genus. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2005, 147 , 509–513.