Moquiniastrum glabrum is here described as a new species of Tribe Gochnatieae from the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goiás, Brazil. The new species is recognized by having a monoecious reproductive system, glabrous branches and leaf blades, 9–11-seriate involucral bracts, and 30–35 florets per capitulum, all of which are bisexual. Illustrations, comments, a preliminary conservation status, and an updated key to the taxa of Moquiniastrum are provided.
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30 May 2019
A New Species of Moquiniastrum (Asteraceae: Gochnatieae) for Brazil and Comments about the Genus
Nádia Roque,
Rogério N. Ribeiro,
Aristônio M. Teles
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Systematic Botany
Vol. 44 • No. 2
May 2019
Vol. 44 • No. 2
May 2019
Compositae
Endemism
National Park
rocky fields
taxonomy