es <- COMPOSITAE € 7 *& NEWSLETTER Number 49 22.12.2011 Scientific Editor: BERTIL NORDENSTAM Technical Editor: GUNNEL WiRENIUS NOHLIN Published and distributed by The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Phanerogamic Botany, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden ISSN 0284-8422 CONTENTS NorbDeENsSTAM, B. & P. B. PELSER: Notes on the generic limits of Sinosenecio and TJephroseris (Compositae- Senecioneae) ] VENTOSA RopRIGUEZ, I. & P. P. HERRERA OLIVER: Do the Antillean species of Gochnatia Kuntu (Asteraceae) truly belong in that genus? A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters 8 VENTOSA RODRIGUEZ, I. & P. P. HERRERA OLIVER: Restoration of the name Anastraphia to define the species in the section Anastraphioides of Gochnatia (Gochnatioideae, Asteraceae) D4 VENTOSA RODRIGUEZ, I. & P. P. HERRERA OLIVER: Five new species of Anastraphia D. Don (Gochnatioideae, Asteraceae) from Cuba 38 ALAvI Magp, H., Attar, F., Dyavapi, S. B. & B. NorDENSTAM: Senecio krascheninnikovii SCHISCHK. (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new record for Iran 56 New taxa and combinations published in this issue 62 al ne Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 | Notes on the generic limits of Sinosenecio and Tephroseris (Compositae-Senecioneae) BERTIL NORDENSTAM! & PIETER B. PELSER? ‘Department of Phanerogamic Botany Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007 SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden bertil.nordenstam@nrm.se *University of Canterbury, Biological Sciences Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand pieter.pelser@canterbury.ac.nz Abstract Based on morphological and molecular evidence three new combinations in the tribe Senecioneae (Compositae) are made, viz., Sinosenecio changii (B. Norv.) B. Norp., Tephroseris koreana (Kom.) B. Norp. & PELSER, and TJephroseris newcombei (GREENE) B. Norp. & PELSER. These transfers leave Sinosenecio B. Norp. as a genus restricted to eastern Asia (mainly China, with minor extensions into Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) and add to the contents of the circumboreal genus Jephroseris in north America. Introduction The three genera Sinosenecio B. Norp., Nemosenecio (KitAM.) B. Norp. and Tephroseris (RcHB.) Rcus. have been regarded to form a group within subtribe Tussilagininae of the tribe Senecioneae and are sometimes even recognized as a separate subtribe Tephroseridinae C. JEFFREY & Y. L. CHEN (1984, CHEN et al., in press). Since the genus Sinosenecio B. Norp. was described (NORDENSTAM 1978) the knowledge of the genus has increased considerably mainly thanks to the contributions by C. JEFFREY and Y. L. CHEN (JEFFREY & CHEN 1984, CHEN 1999) and recent in-depth studies by YANG Qiner and Liu Yinc (e.g., Liu 2010, Liu & YANG 2010, 2011a, b, c, d, Liu et al. 2010). A treatment for the Flora of China is in a final stage of preparation, involving several co-authors (CHEN et al., in press). NoRDENSTAM (1978) initially recognized 27 species in the genus Sinosenecio, but the revisions by JEFFREY and CHEN recognized 35 species, all native to China, 2 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 with small extensions into neighbouring countries. The number of species keeps increasing and the Flora of China treatment now recognizes 41 Chinese species of Sinosenecio, all but two of them endemic to China. (CHEN et al., in press). Somewhat surprisingly, a species from Queen Charlotte Islands in Canada was added to Sinosenecio by the transfer of Senecio newcombei GREENE (JANOVEC & BarRKLEY 1996, cf. also JANovEc & BARKLEY 2006). JANOvEC & BARKLEY (1996) wrote: “The plant long called Senecio newcombei GREENE 1s a distinctive endemic of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B. C., Canada”. These authors realized that the species was not well placed neither in Senecio, nor in the aureoid group of Senecio now recognized as the genus Packera LOvE & Love. They argued that it would fit into the East Asiatic (mainly Chinese) genus Sinosenecio B. Norp. and made the combination to that effect. The extraordinary biogeographical consequence of this transfer prompted an inquiry by GOLDEN et al. (2001) into the true relationships of S. newcombei. They performed a study of molecular sequence data (ITS) and micromorphology (endothecial tissue) of a selection of North American Jephroseris species and two putative representatives of Sinosenecio Viz. S. koreanus (Kom.) B. Norp. and S. newcombei. They concluded that S. newcombei is closely related to Tephroseris, but the overall relationships remained unresolved and the generic limits between the two genera were not clearly definable because of the limited sampling. A broader study including more taxa of these and related genera was recommended. JANOVEC & BARKLEY (1996) assigned S. newcombei to the tussilaginoid alliance rather than the senecioid group. This is indicated by micromorphological characters, such as the continuous stigmatic area of the style branches, and the straight and uniform filament collar (not basally thickened). However, the radial (or radial and polar) endothecial tissue of the anthers is an essentially senecioid character. Although some of these characters are found in the Asiatic genus Sinosenecio, they are also characteristic of the north circumpolar genus Tephroseris. The chromosome number n = 24 in S. newcombei (TayLor & MULLIGAN 1968) is also prevalent in Zephroseris. As discussed below the basic number x = 24 is also reported in Sinosenecio, viz. in a substantial group of species which are allied to and perhaps congeneric with Nemosenecio. On overall morphological features S. newcombei is better positioned in Tephroseris than in Sinosenecio. This also makes sense in a biogeographical context. Moreover, molecular data especially from ITS sequences strongly support the inclusion of S. newcombei in Tephroseris and disfavour its inclusion in Sinosenecio (PELSER et al. 2007, WANG et al. 2009). However, its is not easy to single out any Jephroseris sp. as a close ally to newcombei. In our comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Senecioneae we have been able to reconstruct a phylogeny of the tribe and resolve many of the problems Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 3 of generic delimitation and circumscription (PELSER et al. 2007, 2010). Although Nemosenecio and Tephroseris form a well supported clade with a large number of Sinosenecio species, at least Sinosenecio 1s not monophyletic as presently defined and further revisions of the generic boundaries in the assemblage are inevitable (Wanc et al. 2009, Liu 2010, Liu & YanG 2011a,b, c). The core of Sinosenecio including the type species (S. homogyniphyllus (CumM.) B. Norp.) are characterized by a basic chromosome number of x = 30 and micromorphological characters such as strictly polarized endothecium, confluent stigmatic area of disc floret styles, and large anthers (Liu & YANG 201 1a, b). This group of about a dozen species constitute Sinosenecio Ss. str., which is allied to genera in the subtribe Tussilagininae such as Cremanthodium, Farfugium, Ligularia and Parasenecio. Another assemblage of Sinosenecio species have x = 24 (or rarely 13), polarized and radial endothecium, divided stigmatic areas, and smaller anthers (Liu & YANG 201 1a, b). This group of more than 20 species is more closely allied to Nemosenecio (and hence also Tephroseris) and may have to be merged with Nemosenecio or alternatively separated as a new genus. Results and Discussion Sinosenecio is a moderately large genus (>40 species) with a distinct centre in the Sichuan Province of China. In the limited study by GoLpDEN et al. (2001) the genus was unfortunately not represented by any typical members, only by S. koreanus from north Korea and adjacent part of Jilin in NE China and the North American S. newcombei. Both of these taxa belong to the Zephroseris clade (PELSER et al. 2007, Wanc et al. 2009) and should be removed from Sinosenecio. The molecular data firmly place S. koreanus with the Tephroseris taxa, as also corroborated by the data in GOLDEN et al. (2001). In the more extensive ITS phylogeny of PELserr et al. (2007) S. koreanus is grouped with T. kirilowii (Turcz. ex DC.) Hovus and T. rufa (HAND.-Mazz.) B. Norp. in the Tephroseris clade. A similar result was obtained by Liu (2010), who presented a phylogram from an ITS data set, where S. koreanus is nested in the Zephroseris clade, as sister to a branch consisting of 7: kirilowii, T. rufa, T. pierotii (MiQ.) HoLus and 7: flammea (Turcz. ex DC.) Ho.us. Her analyses based on plastid markers (ndhC-trnV and rp/32trnL) also clearly identified a well supported Tephroseris—S. koreanus clade (Liu 2010). In a previous study mainly based on ITS data (PELsER et al. 2007) we found Tephroseris to be sister to a clade composed of Nemosenecio and several Sinosenecio species. The studied taxa of Sinosenecio were all Chinese species centered in the Sichuan Province, viz. S. septilobus (CHANG) B. Norp., S. bodinieri (VanioT) B. Norn. and S. globigerus (CHANG) B. Norp. The clade also included the problematic Tephroseris changii B. Norp., endemic to Sichuan. This taxon 4 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 was originally described in Senecio and transferred to Tephroseris with a new epithet (NORDENSTAM 1978). In some characters it does not conform well to the generic description of Jephroseris as discussed by JEFFREY & CHEN (1984), who wrote: “In habit, anther-shape and phyllary number, this species 1s similar to the scapigerous Sinosenecio species and exceptional in Tephroseris’’. The species was accepted in Tephroseris with some hesitation by JEFFREY & CHEN (1984), who pointed out that the scapiform stem, number of involucral bracts (13), and anther morphology speak for a position in Sinosenecio. Molecular evidence from ITS sequences places the taxon in Sinosenecio branch, well supported as distinct from the Tephroseris clade (PELSER et al. 2007). The true relationships of Zephroseris changii are in the large group within Sinosenecio (sensu lato), characterized by x = 24 and related to Nemosenecio. In the Flora of China treatment (CHEN et al., in press) this group is still maintained in Sinosenecio, and T: changii 1s therefore placed there at least provisionally, although we are aware that this 1s not its final taxonomic position. In an extended ITS study of 27 species of the Nemosenecio-Sinosenecio- Tephroseris assemblage (WANG et al. 2009), Tephroseris changii again grouped with several species of Sinosenecio, whereas S. koreanus and S. newcombei were both firmly placed with Tephroseris. We here propose the transfer of these two species to Tephroseris, although we are aware that Sinosenecio remains polyphyletic and that further generic revisions in the group are inevitable (cf. WANG et al. 2009). These transfers are to some extent also supported by morphological and cytological data. S. koreanus is in overall morphology similar to Sinosenecio (Liu & YANG 2011a, b), but molecular data firmly place this taxon in Tephroseris. Cytological data (chromosome numbers) confirm the polyphyly of Sinosenecio as until recently circumscribed and identify three generic groups, viz. one characterized by x = 30 (Sinosenecio s. str., including the type, S$. homogyniphyllus), a second group with x = 29 (= monotypic genus Hainanecio Y. Liu & Q. E. YANG of subtribe Senecioninae; cf. Liu & YANG 2011c), and a third group with x = 24 (rarely 13) (a large group probably to be removed from Sinosenecio as a new genus or included in Nemosenecio; cf. Liu & YANG 2011b). S. newcombei and S. koreanus both have x = 24, which is congruent with the basic number in 7ephroseris, where they are now proposed to belong. 1) Sinosenecio changii (B. Norv.) B. Norb., comb. nov. Basionym: Tephroseris changii B. Norp., Opera Bot. 44: 44 (1978). — Type: China, Sichuan, W. P. FANG 1145 (N syntype, E, GH, K, P!), W. P. FANG 1180 (PE syntype, E, GH). Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 5 Syn.: Senecio rosuliferus CHANG, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 6: 58 (1935), nom. illeg. (non S. rosulifer LEvL. & VANioT, Feddes Repert. 8: 359, 1910). 2) Tephroseris koreana (Kom.) B. Norpb. & PELSER, comb. nov. Basionym: Senecio koreanus Kom. 1n Act. Hort. Petrop. 18: 421 (1901); Fl. Mansh. 3: 710, tab. X (1907). — Type: Korea, near Yalu River, Komarov s.n. (LE syntype), near River Segelsu, KoMARov s.n. (LE syntype), KomArov 1601 (K, P, PE). Syn.: Sinosenecio koreanus (Kom.) B. Norp., Opera Bot. 44: 50 (1978). This taxon has a small distribution area in north Korea and adjacent part of Jilin in NE China, way outside the area of Sinosenecio. Its habit is Sinosenecio-like with leaf-blades broadly cordate or subtruncate to cuneate but not distinctly palmately veined, and although the petioles are not distinctly winged, they are basally somewhat expanded. 3) Tephroseris newcombei (GREENE) B. Norb. & PELSER, comb. nov. Basionym: Senecio newcombei GREENE, Pittonia 3: 249 (1897). Syn.: Packera newcombei (GREENE) W. A. WEBER & A. 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A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters IRALYS VENTOSA RopRIGUEZ! & PEDRO PABLO HERRERA OLIVER? 'Pasaje El Astillero No. 8 (4401) Vaqueros, Salta, Argentina iralysv@gmail.com ? National Center for Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Systematics Carretera Varona Km 3’, Capdevila, Boyeros, A.P. 8029 C.P.10800, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba Abstract A phylogenetic analysis was carried out on the species of the section Anastraphioides Jervis ex L. Katinas, S. FREIRE & G. SANCHO of the genus Gochnatia Kuntu, along with representatives of the four genera of the subfamily Gochnatiodeae: Richterago KuntH, Cyclolepis D. Don, Cnicothamnus GRISEB. and Gochnatia KunTtH (other sections). The analysis, based on a data matrix of 42 species and 37 morphological, anatomical, and palynological characters, employed TNT (Tree Analysis Using New Technology) version 1.1 (GoLosorr et al. 2003). Results showed that the section Anastraphioides is a monophyletic, derived group more closely related to Richterago than to other sections of Gochnatia as currently defined. The species currently in the section Anastraphioides of the genus Gochnatia present a number of unique characters, suggesting the necessity of taxonomic changes for this group. Introduction Since its description in 1819, the genus Gochnatia KuntH (Asteraceae) has generated controversy with respect to its infrageneric classification. Currently it pertains to the tribe Gochnatieae (BENTH. & Hook. f.) PANERO & V. A. FUNK of the subfamily Gochnatioideae (BENTH. & Hook. f.) PANERO & V. A. FUNK, along with the genera Cyclolepis D. Don, Cnicothamnus GriseEB., and Richterago KUNTH (PANERO & FUNK 2008), but historically it was placed in the tribe Mutisieae Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 9 (Katinas et al. 2008). The genus is characterized by discoid or radiate capitula with tubular or sub-bilabiate flowers, caudate anthers with apiculate appendages, and glabrous style branches (Lessinc 1830, DE CANDOLLE 1836, CABRERA 1971). During its taxonomic history the genus Gochnatia has at various times been thought to include other genera such as Leucomeris D. Don, Anastraphia D. Don, subgen. Hedraiophyllum Less., Pentaphorus D. Don, and Moquinia DC. This lack of agreement has led several authors to consider Gochnatia as an artificial taxon whose clarification is of considerable importance to understanding phylogenetic relationships within the family Asteraceae (CABRERA 1971, BREMER 1994, Freire et al. 2002). The exhaustive infrageneric treatment by Jervis (1954) recognized five sections in the genus: Anastraphioides Jervis ex L. KATINAS, S. FREIRE & G. SANCHO, Gochnatia, Hedraiophyllum (Less.) DC., Pentaphorus (D. Don) Less., and Moquinia (DC.) Jervis. His work listed 71 species and considered the species formerly included in a separate genus, Anastraphia, as the section Anastraphioides. In his monograph of the genus, CABRERA (1971) included the species of Anastraphioides within the section Gochnatia Less. and recognized five other sections: Pentaphorus (D. Don) DC., Moquiniastrum CaBrera, Leucomeris (D. DON) CABRERA, Hedraiophyllum (Less.) DC. and Discoseris (ENDL.) CABRERA, the last section comprising the discoid species of the former genus Servis LEss. Roque & PirAni (2001) redefined the genus Richterago KuntH to include the species formerly in Actinoseris (ENDL.) CABRERA and the section Discoseris of Gochnatia, based on analyses of morphological, anatomical and pollen characters of these species (ROQUE & SILVESTRE-CAPELATO 2001, Roque 2001). Soon afterwards, FReIRE et al. (2002) published an exhaustive morphological analysis of the species of Gochnatia as defined in CABRERA’S (1971) treatment. Among the eight sections redefined by Freire et al. (2002) was once again the section Anastraphioides, re-established for the Antillean species of Gochnatia as defined by Jervis (1954). The other sections in the treatment of FREIRE et al. (2002) were Gochnatia, Hedraiophyllum, Leucomeris, Pentaphorus, Glomerata, Rotundifolia and Discoseris. More recent studies have recognized Pentaphorus and Leucomeris as genera independent of Gochnatia (Hind 2007). Molecular phylogenies have shown Richterago sensu RoQUE & PiRANI (2001) to be related to Cnicothamnus GRISEB., Gochnatia, and Cyclolepis D. Don in the subfamily Gochnatioideae (PANERO & FuNK 2002, 2008). Authors such as Katinas et al. (2008) and SANCHO & FREIRE (2009), however, dispute these criteria. Clearly the genus Gochnatia still requires a thorough taxonomic revision. In this vein, the objective of the present study is the phylogenetic analysis of 10 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 the Antillean species of Gochnatia (sect. Anastraphioides), including in the analysis representatives of the sections Discoseris, Glomerata, Gochnatia, Hedraiophyllum, Leucomeris, Pentaphorus, Rotundifolia as well as representatives of the genera Richterago, Cnicothamnus and Cyclolepis. Based on morphological, anatomical and palynological characters, the analysis is intended to elucidate the taxonomic problems of Gochnatia, at least as far as species that make up the section Anastraphioides and are endemic to the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. Materials and Methods Selection of species The analysis included representatives of the four genera of the subfamily Gochnatioideae: Cnicothamnus (1 species), Cyclolepis (1 species), Gochnatia (39 species), and Richterago (1 species). Following the definition of sections proposed by Freire et al. (2002), the genus Richterago was analyzed excluding species of the section Discoseris of Gochnatia (Gochnatia amplexifolia and G. discoidea) even though some authors place Discoseris in Richterago, following the definition of RoQUE & PirRANi (2001). For Gochnatia, representatives were included from all the eight sections defined by Freire et al. (2002). For the majority of these sections, the analysis included the type species and whenever possible other species as well. For the section Leucomeris as defined by FREIRE et al. (2002), however, the type species (G. spectabilis) was not analyzed; the phylogenetic studies of PANERO & FUNK (2008) show that this species pertains to the genus Leucomeris, which is not included in the tribe Gochnatieae nor even the subfamily Gochnatioideae. Following this reasoning, the section Leucomeris needs to be redefined. From this point on we will refer to it as the section aff. Leucomeris. Finally, Cyclolepis genistioides was selected as the outgroup, based on the results of PANERO & FUNK (2008). The material examined and analyzed was obtained from the herbaria B, GH, HAC, HAJB, LP, MO, NY, and S, following the acronyms proposed by HOLMGREN et al. (1990). Selection of characters The cladistic analysis of the 42 taxa was based on morphological, anatomical and palynological characters that were selected following an extensive review of character variation. Highly variable characters and characters difficult to delimit were excluded. In total the analysis included 37 characters (Table 1). Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 1 Table 1. Character states used in the phylogenetic analysis of Gochnatia and representative species of Cnicothamnus, Cyclolepis and Richterago of the subfamily Gochnatioideae. l. Habit: 0—trees; |—shrubs; 2—herbs Presence of brachyblast: 0—absent; |—present Position of leaves on branches: 0—grouped towards branch tip; 1— dispersed along the branch 4. | Leaf size: 0—leptophyllous or nanophyllous (<0,25 cm? or 0.25—2.25 cm? respectively); 1—-micropyllous (2.25—20.25 cm’); 2—nothophyllous (20.2545 cm’); 3—mesophyllous (45—182.25 cm?) Presence of spine at leaf tip: 0O—absent; |—present Leaf margin: 0—entire; |—denticulate without spines; 2—spinose—dentate Non-glandular hairs on leaves: 0—absent; |—flagellate septate; 2—biramous | 6. Leaf texture: 0—chartaceous; 1—coriaceous ih 8 9 Leaf venation: 0—pinnate; 1—three—nerved 10. | Presence of abaxial epidermis of the leaf getting into the mesophyll: 0—absent; 1—present 11. | Presence of sclerenchyme bands in the mesophyll: 0—absent; 1—present 12. | Number of layers in hypodermis: 0— no layer; 1—one layer; 2-two or more layers 13. | Capitulum type: 0— heterogamous; |—homogamous NNN 14. | Shape of involucre: 0—wide campanulate; 1—campanulate; 2—turbinate 15. | Size of involucre: 0— < 10 mm; 1—10—30 mm; 2— > 30 mm 16. | Presence of attenuated involucre base: 0— present; 1— absent 17. | Position of anthers with respect to corolla: 0—exserted; 1—not exserted 18. | Degree of grouping of capitula (capitulescence): 0-solitary; 1—pseudocorymb; 2—pseudoraceme 19. | Floral peduncles and bracts: 0—absent; 1—peduncle without bracts; 2— peduncle with bracts 20. | Corolla type: 0-isomorphic; 1—subdimorphic; 2—dimorphic 2. | Number of capitula per capitulescence: 0—one (or two-three); 1—few (5—20); 2—many (> 20) 22. | Number of flowers per capitulum: 0—few (<10), |—many (11-20); 2— | | numerous (>30) 1D Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 23. | Number of series of involucral bracts: 0—up to 4 series; 1—between 5 and 8 series; 2—> 8 series 24. | Texture of involucral bracts: 0—glabrous; 1—pubescent 25. | Pubescence of involucral bracts: 0—chartaceous; 1—subcoriaceous 26. | Length of corolla lobes: 0—scarcely lobed; 1—lobes of same length as corolla tube; 2—deeply lobed 27. | Presence of leaf petioles: 0—absent; 1—present 28. | Shape of corolla lobes: 0—erect; |—recurved 29. | Papillae and hairs at tips of corolla lobes: 0—absent; 1—papillae only; 2—hairs only; 3—papillae and hairs 30. | Form of anther tail: 0-smooth; |—short laciniate; 2—long laciniate 31. | Pappus type: 0-type A; |-type B; 2-type C; 3-type D; 4 type E as defined by Freire et al. (2002) 32. | Number of series of pappus bristles: 0—one series; 1—two series; 2— three or more series 33. | Grouping of pappus bristles: 0—free; 1—-grouped at the base 34. | Surface of pollen grain: 0—echinate; 1—microechinate 35. | Type of exine: 0—Mutisia; 1-Wunderlichia 36. | Form of anther apical appendage: 0—abruptly acuminate; 1—acute or attenuate 37. | Reproductive system: 0—monoecious: |—dioecious, polygamous Characters 10, 11, 12 and 35 were codified as “?” for Gochnatia arborescens, where those characters could not be determined from the materials available. Likewise, character 30 was codified ‘“?” for G. oviedoae and G. cristalensis, and character 35 for G. wilsonii, G. microcephala, G. picardae, G. oligantha, G. eneantha and G. curviflora. For the last species, character 34 as well could not be determined (Table 2). Autapomorphies were not included in the cladistic analysis. The data matrix (Table 2) was analyzed with TNT (Tree Analysis Using New Technology) version 1.1 (GoLoBorF et al. 2003). All analyses were based on a heuristic search with 1,000 random, additive repetitions (RAS), saving up to 10 trees before running the algorithm “bisection-reconnection” (TBR). Bootstrap methods with 1000 replicates (FELSENSTEIN 1985) were used to evaluate the degree of support for branching patterns. The program Winclade version 0.9.9+ (BETA) was used to analyze homologies and homoplasies (Nixon 1999). 13 Comp. 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One of the 24 most parsiminous trees (AMP) resulting from the phylogenetic analysis of morphological, anatomical and palynological data of 46 species (L= 201, CI= 0,28, RI= 0,60). Vertical lines at the right define the sections of the genus Gochnatia as discussed in the text. Numbers above branches represent characters (see Table 1), numbers below branches represent states of characters. Black circles represent synapomorphies, white (open) circles homoplasies. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 23 Restoration of the name Anastraphia to define the species in the section Anastraphioides of Gochnatia (Gochnatioideae, Asteraceae) IRALYS VENTOSA RODRIGUEZ! & PEDRO PABLO HERRERA OLIVER? 'Pasaje El Astillero No. 8 (4401) Vaqueros, Salta, Argentina iralysv@gmail.com ? National Center for Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Systematics Carretera Varona Km 3%, Capdevila, Boyeros, A.P. 8029 C.P.10800, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba Abstract Evidence from morphological studies on the genus Gochnatia KUNTH (Asteraceae) indicates that those species currently placed in the section Anastraphioides of Gochnatia should be placed in a separate genus. The nomenclatural analysis presented here affirms that the correct generic name for these species is Anastraphia D. Don, thereby restoring the genus originally described in 1830. The analysis includes a discussion of the arguments of Jervis (1954) against the validity of the genus Anastraphia and those of LEssiNG (1832) about the apparent synonymy between Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don and Gochnatia ilicifolia LEss. A new specimen is designated as neotype of Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, type species of Anastraphia, and the corresponding taxonomic changes are made for the Cuban species of this genus. Introduction The great majority of the species in the section Anastraphioides JERvIS ex L. Katinas, S. FREIRE & G. SANCHO (Gochnatia, Gochnatioideae, Asteraceae) were described under the name Anastraphia D. Don. The genus Anastraphia was defined by D. Don (1830) on the basis of a unique, unnumbered specimen that JOHANNES FRASER collected “in America meridionalis”. The type species, Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, is characterized by having stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla and pappus uniseriate, flat, and with simple apices. Don (1830) stated that “it is not known where in South America this collection was made” and that the specimen was deposited in the Lambertian Herbarium, without citing the 24 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 existence of any other original material. The type specimen of Anastraphia has not been seen since the time when the collections of the Lambertian Herbarium were divided up and sold to other herbaria. The loss of the type specimen, the absence of other original materials that might have clarified the identity of the genus, and the morphological similarities between the Antillean Anastraphia and species of Gochnatia KUNTH led Jervis (1954) in his doctoral thesis to move all 26 species previously described under Anastraphia into the section Anastraphioides in the genus Gochnatia. Jervis (1954) considered Anastraphia to be a South American genus of unproven validity. In his monographic treatment of the genus Gochnatia, CABRERA (1971) placed the Antillean species in the section Gochnatia, along with eight morphologically similar species from South America. FREIRE et al. (2002), however, formally recognized the section Anastraphioides as originally defined by Jervis (1954). These last two analyses differed in the designation of the type species: JERVIS (1954) designated Gochnatia sagraeana Jervis & ALAIN as the type species for the section, whereas Freire et al. (2002) formally defined Anastraphioides with Gochnatia ilicifolia Less. as the type species. Both CaBrera (1971) and FREIRE et al. (2002) agreed with Jervis (1954) that Anastraphia D. Don was a genus of doubtful validity and that the species described under that name pertained to Gochnatia KUNTH. The studies we have carried out on the species of the section Anastraphioides include morphological and palynological analyses, examinations of leaf anatomy, and cladistic analyses of these species in the context of the subfamily Gochnatioideae (VENTOSA & HERRERA 2011 a). Our results strongly indicate that the species of section Anastraphioides make up a derived, monophyletic group whose common ancestor, South American in origin, was related to present- day species of Gochnatia and Richterago Kuntu. The principal morphological differences between Gochnatia, Richterago, and the species of the current section Anastraphioides are summarized here in Table 1. These findings provide the basis for the nomenclatural analysis that we report in the present work and clarify the correct genus name for the species currently in the section Anastraphioides of Gochnatia. We also select a new specimen to typify Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, and present the revised nomenclature for the species that inhabit Cuba. Some Species new to science are described separately (VENTOSA & HERRERA 2011 b). Materials and Methods We reviewed materials from 11 herbaria (B, C, GH, HAC, HAJB, JE, K, LP, NY, S and US; acronyms according to HoLMGREN et al. (1998)). We also reviewed the protologues and the classic taxonomic works dealing with Cuban species and their Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 25 relatives in Gochnatia. In addition, we consulted Flora de la Espanola (LioGIER 1996) and other Antillean floristic surveys that included species of the genus (ROQUE & SILVESTRE-CAPELATO 2001, JIMENEZ et al. 2004). Our nomenclatural analysis and typification of the species followed protocols of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature (MCNEILL et al. 2006). Results and Discussion From morphological studies and cladistic analyses (VENTOSA & HERRERA 2011 a) and from examinations of the protologues of the taxa, we concluded that the species formerly assigned to the section Anastraphioides of the genus Gochnatia instead belong in the genus Anastraphia as defined by Davin Don (1830). Research into the nomenclatural history of Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, type species of the genus, and the type specimen of Gochnatia sagraeana collected and so named by Jervis (1954) and later formally described by ALAIN (1960) as Gochnatia sagraeana Jervis & ALAIN, show that the characters of G. sagraeana in fact coincide precisely with D. Don’s (1830) description of A. ilicifolia. Indeed, DE CANDOLLE (1838) followed similar reasoning, arguing that D. Don’s description of Anastraphia ilicifolia corresponded with that of specimens collected by RAMON DE LA SAGRA on the north coast of La Habana, Cuba. This discovery clarified the previously doubtful type locality of Anastraphia, no longer simply “in America meridionalis.” In later treatments Britron (1915), LEON (1944), and CaraBiA (1943) followed DE CANDOLLE’S reasoning. JERVIS (1954), though, argued that differences existed between Davip Don’s (1830) original description of A. ilicifolia, DE CANDOLLE’S (1838) description, and the specimens that he himself collected on the north coast of La Habana, which he described as the new species Gochnatia sagraeana. In fact, said argument in the thesis of JERvis (1954) was based on an erroneous interpretation of three characters listed by Don (1830) in the latter’s original description of Anastraphia, and an error in describing a fourth character from JERVIS’S own materials. Don (1830) described the species Anastraphia ilicifolia as having purple flowers with uniseriate pappus, glabrous corolla with an angular aspect to the tube, and glabrous style with pruinose stigma. JERvIs (1954) maintained that in contrast the specimens he himself collected of Anastraphia ilicifolia (which he then named Gochnatia sagraeana) possessed yellow-orange flowers, biseriate or multiseriate pappus, cylindrical and pubescent corolla tube, and glabrous style instead of the “pruinose style” that, according to Jervis (1954), D. Don (1830) had described. We analyzed these discrepancies one by one. 26 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 First, the discrepancy in corolla colour can be attributed to the difference between herbarium specimens, such as the materials that Don examined, and fresh collections. Fresh material of Gochnatia sagraeana, such as that upon which Jervis (1954) based his description of that species, has yellow-orange flowers but these turn dark brownish-gray in the herbarium, giving the impression that they were originally purple. Furthermore, in the field dry flowers remaining in the capitulum indeed turn purple. Therefore, the apparent discrepancy in flower colour between Anastraphia ilicifolia as described by Don and G. sagraeana as described by Jervis — which discrepancy Jervis used as one of his principal reasons to doubt the nomenclature of A. ilicifolia and the validity of Anastraphia as a genus — does not exist. Likewise, the discrepancy in descriptions of the shape of the corolla tube is explained by comparing fresh and herbarium specimens. In fresh material or rehydrated herbarium specimens of Gochnatia sagraeana, the corolla is indeed cylindrical. Dried herbarium specimens, however, present prominent veins that cross the corolla (also a character noted by D. Don) and create the angular appearance cited by Don for Anastraphia ilicifolia. The question of the “pruinose style” is simply a misreading of Don’s original description, which specified a pruinose stigma but a glabrous style. Jervis (1954) asserted that Don described the style as pruinose, in apparent contrast with the glabrous style of Gochnatia sagraeana, but did not discuss the stigma of his collected materials. Our examination of the type specimen of Gochnatia sagraeana revealed glabrous styles but pruinose stigmas, just as in Don’s description. JERVIS erred in asserting that Gochnatia sagraeana possessed biseriate or multiseriate pappus. The type specimen has uniseriate pappus, as was stated in the formal description of G. sagraeana by ALAIN (1960). Indeed, the great majority of Cuban Gochnatia have uniseriate pappus (VENTOSA & HERRERA 2011 a, b). Only four species have a second set of pappus bristles, and these are chiefly in the angles rather than presenting a second complete series. No Cuban species has multiseriate pappus. FREIRE et al. (2002) also cited the uniseriate pappus when defining the section Anastraphioides, mentioning that a second set of bristles was a rare occurrence among the species in the section. Finally, the corolla of Gochnatia sagraeana is indeed pubescent, apparently contradicting Don’s description of the corolla of Anastraphia ilicifolia as glabrous. The majority of hairs are glandular biseriate, not easily visible and sometimes shed in herbarium specimens. Their presence could easily have been overlooked by Don. Furthermore, pubescence of the corolla is often a variable, environmentally sensitive trait not useful as a taxonomic character. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 7 The analyses of these discrepancies, our analysis of the original descriptions of Anastraphia ilicifolia and Gochnatia sagraeana, our studies on the type specimen of Gochnatia sagraeana, and revision of other original specimens studied by Jervis (1954) led to the conclusion that the name G. sagraeana is a heterotypic synonym of Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don even though the type specimen of the latter cannot be located at present. Given that the holotype of Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don is lost and no evidence exists that Don subsumed other original material under Anastraphia ilicifolia, \t is necessary to designate a new type specimen for this species name. We selected the following specimen: Cuba: Habana del Este “Orillas del rio Cojimar entrando por Alamar a 2 km de la desembocadura del rio, ladera con exposicion sur”, 13.VI.2010, I. Venrosa, R.Oviepo & I. FUENTES SV-42615. The specimen is deposited in the Herbarium of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (HAC) as the new type for Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don. Some further complications must now be resolved. In defining the section Anastraphioides, Jervis (1954) designated Gochnatia sagraeana, now the synonym for Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don as just described, as the type species. FREIRE et al. (2002), however, designated Gochnatia ilicifolia Less. as the type species for this section. Some authors have considered Anastraphia ilicifolia and Gochnatia ilicifolia to be synonyms, but the two taxa are different, as we will now show. Gochnatia ilicifolia and Anastraphia ilicifolia were both described in 1830, by LessinG and by Don respectively. The original descriptions differ notably from one another, principally in terms of leaf dimensions and other leaf characters. Even so, LessinG (1832) himself proposed that Anastraphia ilicifolia D. DoN was synonymous with G. ilicifolia Less., which initiated nearly 180 years of lumping both species under a single name despite their morphological differences. Authors such as DE CANDOLLE (1838) and BritTon (1915) also mistakenly treated the two species as a single taxon but under the name Anastraphia ilicifolia Don, without taking into account the differences in the two descriptions and of course without observing the type specimens. Our examination of the type specimen of G. ilicifolia Less. showed clearly that this taxon does not fit the description of Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don. Therefore, the two names should not be considered synonyms. The specific epithet “ilicifolia” belongs to the species Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, which name has precedence as the nomenclatural type of the genus according to Article 11.3 of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature (MCNEILL et al. 2006). Upon moving to Anastraphia, however, Gochnatia ilicifolia Less. would generate a posterior homonym of Anastraphia ilicifolia Don, according to Article 53.1 of the Code of Botanical Nomenclature (McNEILL et al. 2006). Therefore, the 28 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 species previously designated as Gochnatia ilicifolia Less. must be renamed. This situation 1s easily resolved, though, because the name Anastraphia northropiana GREENM. has previously been applied to this taxon. JERvis (1954), ALAIN (1960a, 1964) and CapreraA (1971) all considered Anastraphia northropiana GREENM. to be a synonym for Gochnatia ilicifolia LEss. The taxonomic treatment and description of the genus Anastraphia follow. Anastraphia D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 16: 295, 1830. = sect. Anastraphioides Jervis ex S. E. Freire, L. Katinas & G. SANCHO, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 89: 548, 2002. Type species: Anastraphia ilicifolia D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 296, 1830. Shrubs or small trees, branched in some cases with brachyblasts, monoecious. Trunks and mature branches with deeply grooved bark. Young branches albo- pubescent. Leaves alternate, either grouped towards apices of branches or not, simple, microphyllous or nanophyllous, petiolate; leaves coriaceous, elliptical, obovate or oblongate with margins spinose-dentate, denticulate, or entire; pinnately veined, semicraspedodromous, simple craspedodromous or brochidodromous; veins prominent on the lower leaf surface; upper leaf surface generally glabrous or subglabrous, lower surface densely albo-tomentose with flagellate non-glandular hairs and simple glandular hairs with vesicles. Capitula homogamous, discoid, sessile or subsessile, solitary at branch tips, rarely in clusters of 2, 3, or 4. Involucre wide campanulate, campanulate or turbinate, with acute, rounded or attenuate bases. Phyllaries in 4 to 15 series, chartaceous or coriaceous, dorsally tomentose or glabrous. Florets 4 to more than 100 per capitulum, hermaphroditic, isomorphic, actinomorphic, tubular, deeply five-lobed, lobes linear, straight or recurved, petals whitish, yellow, or orange. Stamens five, exserted; filaments fused to the tube from the base to the throat of the corolla; anthers with apical appendages acuminate or strongly acuminate, anther tails smooth or shortly laciniate, anthers white, yellow, or orange (colour of anthers may coincide or not with colour of the corolla). Pollen grain subprolate or prolate (rarely spheroidal), tricolporate, tectum perforated, exine of the type Wunderlichia, surface of the exine mainly microechinate. Style bilobate or shortly bifid; style branches rounded dorsally, glabrous, yellow or orange (coinciding or not with colour of anthers or corolla), not broadening at the base (not bulbous). Cypselae cylindrical or subturbinate with angular corners and prominent veins in some species, tomentose with biseriate non-glandular hairs and biseriate glandular hairs with vesicles. Pappus uniseriate with all bristles of equal length and width, in some species external bristles exist but only in the corner of the cypselae. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 29 The taxonomic treatment of the Cuban species of Anastraphia is then as follows. 1. Anastraphia ilicifolia Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 296, 1830. = Chuquiraga pardoiana GOMEZ & MOo.ineT, Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulgares Cubanos y Puerto-riquefios: 34, 1889. Neotype: designated here [specimen]: Cuba: Habana del Este ““Orillas del rio Cojimar entrando por Alamar a 2 km de la desembocadura del rio, ladera con exposicion sur’, 13.VI.2010, I. Venrosa, R. Oviepo & I. FUENTES SV-42615 (HAC, Isoneotypes: HAC, HAJB, LP). = Gochnatia sagraeana Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Habana “Rocas costeras: Playa Jibacoa”, 21 .III.1941, Hnos. Leon, M. Victorin, ALAIN 19708 (HAC!, Isotype: HAC!). 2. Anastraphia ekmanii URBAN, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 116, 1929. = Gochnatia ekmanii (Urs.) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Pinar del Rio “Pinar del Rio in Sierra de los Organos, grupo del Rosario, prope Pefia Blanca in saxis calcaricis cr. 700 m alt., Mayo flor et fruct”, 16.V.1922, EkMAN 13865 (S! Isotypes: NY# 00115480!, HAC!). 3. Anastraphia montana Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7):381,1915. = Gochnatia montana (BriTTON) JERvIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Pinar del Rio,’ Top of Sierra Caliente, south of sumidero”, 15-18. VIII.1912, SHAFER 13781 (NY # 00115462!, Isotypes: HAC! US [n.v.]). 4. Anastraphia cowellii Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7):381, 1915. = Gochnatia cowellii (BRITTON) JERvIs & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:8, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Camagiiey, “City of Santa Clara, rocky hills, palm barren”, 21-22.1J1.1911, Britron & Cowe Li 10183 (NY# 00115482!, Isotype: HAC!). 5. Anastraphia crassifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7):382, 1915. = Gochnatia crassifolia (BRITTON) JERvIs & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, “Oriente near mangroves, mouth of Rio Yamanigiiey”’, 1.II[.1960, SHAFER 4261 (NY # 00115483!, Isotypes: HAC!, NY [n.v.]). 6. Anastraphia elliptica LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49: 84, fig.4, 1944. = Gochnatia elliptica (LEON) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo. “Oriente Terrase calcaire du 30 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Chivo, Maisi”, 1.1940, LEON LS-17580 (HAC!, Isotype: HAC!). = Anastraphia elliptica var. inermis LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49: 86, 1944 = Gochnatia elliptica var. inermis (LEON) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo. “Limestone terrace: Ovando, Maisi.”, 1.1943, LEON LS-21269 (HAC!, Isotype: HAC!). 7. Anastraphia northropiana GREENM. ex Comps, Transact. Acad. Sci. St Louis 7: 435, t. 36, 1897. Lectotype (CABRERA 1971: 43) [specimen] Bahamas: “Fresh Creek, Andros, Island”, VI.1890, JoHNn I. & Avice R. NortHRop 743 (NY!, Isotype: G [n.v.]). = Gochnatia ilicifolia Less., Linnaea, 5:261,1830. Holotype: [specimen] Locality indefinite, “America (Guiane?)’”, without date (1786-1787), RICHARD s/n (C!). = Anastraphia northropiana var. combsii URBAN, Symb. Antill. 3: 417,1903. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba “prope Calicita in rupibus litoralibus”, 24. VIII.1895, Comps 521 (K!, Isotypes:NY # 00115464!, P [n.v.], F [n.v.], MO [n.v.]). 8. Anastraphia microcephala GrisEB., Cat. Pl. Cub.:158, 1866. = Gochnatia microcephala (GriSEB.) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo “Cuba oriental sin localidad’’, (1860-1864), Wricut s/n (GOET? [n.v.], Isotypes?: K!, HAC!, GH [n.v.], MO [n.v.], NY [n.v.]). 9. Anastraphia calcicola Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7): 383, 1915. = Gochnatia calcicola (BRITTON) Jervis & ALAIN, in Candollea, 17:120,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo “Oriente, Coral rock hillsides and coastal cliffs, United States Naval Station”, 17-30.11I.1909, SHAFER 2042 (NY# 00115481!, Isotype: HAC!). 10. Anastraphia maisiana LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49: 78, fig.2, 1944. = Gochnatia maisiana (LEON) JERVIS & ALAIN vat. maisiana, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo “Oriente Forét de la terrasse calcaire du Chivo, Maisi”, 12.VIII.1938, Leon LS-18243 (HAC, Isotypes: HAC!, M [n.v.],) = Anastraphia maisiana var. parviflora LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49: 80, 1944. = Gochnatia maisiana vat. parviflora (LEON) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle, 18:9 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo “Oriente Terrase calcaire du Ovando, au sud de Baracoa”, I.1940, LEON LS-17576 (HAC!, Isotype: Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 3] HAC!, M [n.v.]). 11. Anastraphia parvifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7): 383, 1915. = Gochnatia parvifolia (BRITTON) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Oriente “Dense thickets in barren savannas southeast of Holguin”, 26—29.XI.1909, SHAFER 2938 (NY # 00115469!, Isotypes: NY # 00115470!, HAC!). 12. Anastraphia shaferi Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7): 384, 1915. = Gochnatia shaferi (BRITTON) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus La Salle 18:10,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba “Oriente, Dry cliff, bellow the falls of the Rio Naranja, 450-500 m s. n. m.”, 3.11.1910, SHAFER 3865 (NY # 00115475!, Isotype: HAC!, US [n.v.], F [n.v.], G [n.v.]). = Anastraphia oblongifolia URBAN, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 117, 1929. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, “Oriente Sierra de Nipe in charrascales cerca del Rio Piloto, c. 375 ms. n. m.”, 3.VII.1924, EkMAn 19169 (S!, Isotypes: NY # 00115465!, HAC!). = Anastraphia nipensis URBAN, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26:118, 1929. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, “Oriente, in Sierra de Nipe locis saxocis ad Rio Piloto cr. 750 m alt.”, 15.V.1915, EkMAN 5703 (S!, Isotypes: HAC!, G [n.v.]). 13. Anastraphia gomezii LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49:77, 1944 . = Gochnatia gomezii (LEON) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba. “Oriente Cerro de Miraflores (serpentina), Cananova’, III.1942, LEON & Gomez LS-28876 (HAC!, Isotype: HAC!). 14. Anastraphia wilsonii Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7):3 83, 1915. = Gochnatia wilsonii (BRITTON) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus La Salle 18:10, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba “Rocky bank, Rio Toyaba, near Trinidad, prov. Santa Clara”, 15.1JJ.1910, Britton & Witson 5573 (NY # 00115477, Isotype: HAC!, NY [n.v.]). 15. Anastraphia intertexta C. WRIGHT ex GRISEB., Cat Pl. Cub.: 158, 1866. = Gochnatia intertexta (C. WRIGHT ex GrISEB.) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. = Chuquiraga intertexta (C. WRIGHT ex GrisEB.) MOLINET & Gomez, Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulgares Cubanos and Puerto-Riquefios: 35, 1889. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Pinar del Rio “Cuba occidental, prope San Marcos, distrito Bahia Honda”, no date, WRIGHT 2877 (GOET [n.v.], Isotype?: S!, HAC!, K [n.v.], P [n.v.], G [n.v.], BM [n.v.], MO [n.v.]). 32 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 16. Anastraphia cubensis Carasia, Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Natur. 17:17,1943. = Gochnatia cubensis (CARABIA) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin. “Oriente Sierra de Nipe, Loma La Bandera”, 22.1V.1940, CARABIA 3788 (NY# 00115478!, isotype: HAC!). = Anastraphia victorinii LEON, Contrib. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montreal 49:82, 1914. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin. “Oriente Charrascal de serpentina, Cueva de abajo, au nord-est de la Sierra de Nipe”, a 400 m d’altitude, Oriente, 6.1V.1941, LEON & MARIE-VICTORIN LS-19885 (HAC!, isotype: HAC!). 17. Anastraphia obtusifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7): 384, 1915. = Gochnatia obtusifolia (Britton) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus La Salle 18:9,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Oriente “Camp. La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa”, 24-30. XII.1910, SHAFER 8189 (NY # 00115467!, isotypes: HAC!). = Anastraphia baracoensis URsB., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26:117, 1929. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Guantanamo “Oriente Baracoa, in carrascales (charrascales) near Rio Joa’, 28.X1.1914, EkMAN 3683 (S!, Isotypes: HAC!, NY [n.v.], G [n.v.]). 18. Anastraphia recurva Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42(7):386, 1915. = Gochnatia recurva (BRITTON) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18: 9, 1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Oriente “Serpentine hills near of mouth of Yamaniguey’’, | .[J.1910, SHAFER 4257 (NY # 00115472!, Isotype: HAC!). = Anastraphia recurva var. integrifolia MOLDENKE, Phytologia, 2: 214, 1947. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin “Oriente, Rio Yagrumaje, Moa’, 14.1V.1945, AcuNA 12780 (HAC!, Isotype: HAC!, Fragment of Holotype (NY# 00115473!). 19. Anastraphia mantuensis WRIGHT ex GrISEB., Cat. Pl. Cub.: 158, 1866. = Gochnatia mantuensis (WRIGHT ex GRISEB.) JERVIS & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:9,1960. = Chuquiraga mantuensis (WRIGHT ex GRISEB.) GOMEZ & MOLINET, Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulgares Cubanos y Puerto-Riquefios: 35, 1889. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Pinar del Rio. “Cuba occ, in pinetis prope Mantua distrito Nueva Felipa”, (1860-1864), C. Wricut 2876 (GOET [n.v.], Isotypes?: S!, HAC!, GH [n.v.], MO [n.v.], NY [n.v.]). 20. Anastraphia attenuata Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42 (7): 381, 1915. = Gochnatia attenuata (BRITTON) Jervis & ALAIN, Contrib. Ocas. Mus. La Salle 18:8,1960. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin, “Oriente, Moist thickets, Sierra Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 33 de Nipe, between Piedra Gorda and Woodfred, at 400-500 meters elevation’, 8.XII.1909, SHAFER 3113, (NY # 00115487!, isotypes: NY # 00115488!, HAC!, US [n.v.]). = Anastraphia lomensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42 (7): 386, 1915. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin, “Oriente, Rocky mountain side, Loma Mensura, about 800 m alt.”, 2.11.1910, SHAFER 3811, (NY # 00115457!, Isotype: HAC!). = Anastraphia mensuraensis CARABIA, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. 17:18, 1943. Holotype: [specimen] Cuba, Holguin, “Oriente, Sierra de Nipe, Loma La Mensura”, 21.1V.1940, Carasia 3739 (NY # 00115460!, Isotype: HAC!). Acknowledgements We are very grateful to the curators of the herbaria mentioned in the text, for enabling us to examine the specimens used in this study. 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'Pasaje El Astillero No. 8, (4401) Vaqueros, Salta, Argentina iralysv@gmail.com ? National Center for Biodiversity, Institute of Ecology and Systematics Carretera Varona Km 3, Capdevila, Boyeros, A.P. 8029 C.P.10800, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba Abstract As part of the taxonomic revision of the genus Anastraphia D. Don (Asteraceae) in Cuba, five new species are described: Anastraphia herrerae |. VENTOSA, A. cristalensis 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, A. crebribracteata 1. VENTOSA & P. HerreERA, A. oviedoae I. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA and A. geigeliae I. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA. All five species are strictly endemic to the eastern region of Cuba. Introduction Taxonomic studies on the families of the Cuban flora are currently being carried out along with other efforts to enhance knowledge of Cuban biodiversity. One particular objective of these studies is the new “Flora de la Republica de Cuba’. During the taxonomic revision of the Asteraceae, the genus Anastraphia D. Don was resurrected, reuniting the species formerly in the section Anastraphioides R.N. Jervis ex S. E. FREIRE, KATINAS & G. SANCHO of the genus Gochnatia KUNTH (VENTOSA & HERRERA 2011). Concurrently, detailed studies of herbarium material in the collections of the Jardin Botanico Nacional of Cuba (HAJB) and the Museum of the University of Jena (JE) identified five new taxa of Anastraphia. In the present work we describe and discuss these taxa new to science. Four of them were first collected between 1960 and 1985 during the collaborative German—Cuban botanical expeditions that provided the basis for the Flora de la Republica de Cuba. For that reason the materials were deposited in HAJB and JE. These collections were made after ALAIN’s (1960, 1964) taxonomic treatment for the first Flora de Cuba. In their respective treatments, CABRERA Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 39 (1971) and Freire et al. (2002) followed ALAIN (1964), having no access to the new materials in HAJB and JE and therefore being unaware of these new species. The fifth new species resulted from a close study of Anastraphia recurva Britton, the extreme variability of which had been discussed by Jervis (1954). All five new species of Anastraphia inhabit the phytogeograpic subprovince Oriento- Cubanicum (Boruip1 1991). Of the Cuban species of Anastraphia, 60% occur in this subprovince, which has the highest species richness in this genus of all Cuban biogeographical subprovinces. Materials and Methods Herbarium materials of the Jardin Botanico Nacional (HAJB) and the Museum of the University of Jena (JE) were examined. Standard morphological measurements were made on all specimens, whenever possible on five leaves and three capitula per specimen. General morphology was characterized using the terminology of Font Quer (1965). Terminology specific to the family Asteraceae followed the criteria and standards of BREMER (1994), Kupitzki (2007), and Katinas et al. (2008). Boruipr’s (1991) classification was used to characterize leaves by leaf surface area, while qualitative characterization of leaf surface, margins and venation followed the classification of Hickey (1988). Pollen studies were carried out in the Laboratory of Palynology of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Classification of the exine layer and description of general characteristics of pollen grains followed the criteria of TELLERIA (2008) and the terminology of Punt et al. (1994). Results Analysis of the herbarium materials led to the following descriptions of the new taxa. 1. Anastraphia herrerae 1. VENTOSA, sp. nov. Type: [specimen] CUBA, Holguin, “Moa, Mina Yarey, cabezadas del rio Jiguani, 400m snm”, 15.V.1983, Bisse, J., BEurTon, C., DrerricH, H., GUTIERREZ, J., LeprerR, L., KOHLER E., Arias, I., RANKIN, R. HFC-49567 (holotype: HAJB!, isotypes: HAJB!, B!). (Fig. 1). Frutex 2—5 m altus, ramosus. Folia alterna, 43-102 mm longa, 17-35 mm lata, valde coriacea, obovata aut oblonga vel elliptica; ad apicem obtusa vel acuta; ad basin rotundata aut acuta; ad marginem recurvata, 4-13 dentibus spinosis binatim armata; supra pubescentia, subtus dense tomentosa. Capitula duo, terminalia, 40 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 vel capitulum terminale solitarium, discoideum, multiflorum; involucrum late campaniforme, basi obtusa; phyllaria in 9-10 seriebus disposita, linearia, valde tomentosa et coriacea. Flores isomorphi 20-21 mm longi. Corolla tubularis, profunde quinquelobata; lobis erectis, apex lobulorum sine trichomatibus necque papillis. Antherae 5—7 mm longae; appendix apicalis valde apiculata, cauda 2 mm longa, laevis. Stylus exsertus, glaber, 26—29 mm longus. Cypsela cylindrica vel linearis 4-6 mm longa. Pappus 16—20 mm longus, uniserialis, omnibus setis discretis consimilibus. Shrubs 2—5 m in height, branching almost dichotomously without brachyblasts. Branches pubescent when young and nearly glabrous when adult, bark grooved. Leaves distributed the length of the branches; petiole subcylindrical without channel, 3—8 mm in length; leaf 42-102 mm long by 17-35 mm wide, microphyllous, strongly coriaceous, obovate or oblong to elliptic with obtuse or acute apex and the base rounded or acute, margin recurved, spinose-dentate with 4—]3 pairs of teeth, irregular, simple or compound, spine smaller than the teeth, slightly curved in the apex, venation semicraspedodromous with secondary veins abruptly curved; upper surface pubescent and with prominent veins, lower surface strongly tomentose with very prominent veins. Capitula terminal, solitary or paired, 36-41 mm long; involucre broadly campanulate with obtuse base, 29-33 mm high by 7-12 mm wide at the base and 39-50 mm wide at the apex; involucral bracts in 9-10 series, linear and coriaceous with the external surface strongly tomentose, internal bracts 23—29 mm long, medial bracts 15—19 mm long, and external bracts 6-10 mm long. Florets more than 50 per capitulum, 20-21 mm long. Corolla tubular, deeply five-lobed, lobes 12—13 mm long, erect, apex of the corolla lobes without hairs or papillae. Stamens 5, isomorphic, exserted; filaments fused into a tube from the base to the throat of the corolla; anthers 5-7 mm long, with apical appendage strongly acuminate and smooth tails 2 mm long. Pollen 66-74 um in polar diameter by 51-56 um equatorial diameter, large, prolate, tricolporate, exine type Wunderlichia, surface of the exine microechinate. Style exserted, glabrous, 26—29 mm long. Cypsela cylindrical or straight, 4-6 mm long with abundant biseriate glandular hairs with vesicle and biseriate simple (not glandular) hairs. Pappus 16-20 mm long, uniseriate, with all bristles of equal length and thickness, free at the base. Phenology: Flowering was recorded in April and May. Distribution and habitat: Anastraphia herrerae is distributed along the banks and at the headwaters of the Rio Jiguani, Moa region, Holguin province. Etymology: This species is named for Dr. PEDRO PABLO HERRERA OLIVER, tireless student of the Cuban flora and especially the composites. Additional material examined: CUBA: Prov. Holguin: Moa, orillas del rio Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Al Jiguani cerca de Mina Yarey, 1972, Bisse, J. & BERAZAIN, R., HFC-22469 (HAJB, JE); Prov. Holguin: Moa, Cayo Probado, orillas de las cabezadas del rio Jiguani, 1972, Bisse, J. & BERAZAIN, R., HFC-22827 (HAJB, JE). 2. Anastraphia cristalensis 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. NOV. Type: [specimen] CUBA, Santiago de Cuba, Sierra del Cristal, region superior del macizo central, falda sur, 1000—1250 msm, 22.11.1976, Bisse, J., Diaz Dumas, M. A., GONZALEZ GEIGEL, L., GUTIERREZ, J., & MAnitz, H., HFC-30503 (holotype: HAJB!, isotypes: HAJB!, JE!). (Fig. 2). Frutex 2—S5 m altus, pauciramosus. Folia alterna, petiolus crassus valde tomentosus; foliorum lamina 30-40 mm longa, 15—22 mm lata, elliptica vel ovata, ad apicem obtusa vel rotundata, ad basin cordiformia vel rotundata, valde coriacea, integerrima, plana; supra subglabra, subtus valde tomentosa. Capitulum terminale solitarium, discoideum, multiflorum; involucrum late campaniforme, basi rotundata; phyllaria in 8—9 seriebus disposita, coriacea, valde tomentosa. Flores isomorphi 1 8—25 mm longi. Corolla tubularis; lobuli tubum circa aequantes, parum recurvati, apex lobulorum trichomatibus glandulosis obsitus, sine papillis. Antherae 12-15 mm longae; appendix apicalis valde apiculata, cauda 4-6 mm longa, breviter laciniata. Stylus exsertus, glaber, 18-20 mm longus. Cypsela cylindrica vel linearis 4-5 mm longa. Pappus 19-21 mm longus, uniserialis, omnibus setis discretis consimilibus. Shrubs 2—5 m in height, with few branches and without brachyblasts. Branches terete, albo-pubescent when young and with grooved bark when mature. Leaves distributed the length of the branches; petiole subcylindrical without channel, stout, 5—7 mm long by 24 mm wide, strongly tomentose over the upper surface; leaves microphyllous, 30-40 mm long by 15—22 mm wide, strongly coriaceous, elliptic or ovate with the apex obtuse or rounded and the base cordate or rounded, margins entire and flat; venation brochidodromous with secondary veins abruptly curved, upper surface subglabrous with no prominent veins, lower surface strongly albo- tomentose with very prominent veins. Capitulum terminal, solitary, up to 31 mm long; involucre widely campanulate with the base rounded, 20-30 mm high by 17-18 mm wide at the base and 25—35 mm wide at the apex, involucral bracts in 8—9 series, coriaceous, strongly tomentose, internal and medial involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, respectively 18 mm and 12 mm long, external involucral bracts 6 mm long and ovate. Florets 18—25 mm long. Corolla five-lobed; lobes 11 mm long, approximately the same length as the corolla tube, slightly recurved, apices of the corolla lobes with biseriate glandular hairs and without papillae. Stamens 5, isomorphic, exserted; filaments fused to the corolla tube from the base to the throat of the corolla; anthers 12-15 mm long, with apical appendage strongly acuminate and anther tail 4-6 mm long, shortly laciniate. Pollen 70-76 um in 42 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 polar diameter by 47-55 um in equatorial diameter, large, prolate, tricolporate, exine type Wunderlichia, surface of the exine microechinate. Style exserted, glabrous, 18—20 mm long. Cypsela terete or linear, 4-5 mm long, with abundant biseriate glandular hairs with vesicle and simple (not glandular) biseriate hairs. Pappus 19-21 mm long, uniseriate, with all bristles of equal length and thickness, free at the base. Phenology: Flowering was recorded in February. Distribution and habitat: Anastraphia cristalensis has been collected only above 1000 m elevation on Pico Cristal in the Sierra Cristal. The vegetation of this zone is subspiny xeromorphic scrub growing on serpentine soils, whose edaphic conditions support plants with characteristics normally associated with much more arid climates. Etymology: The specific name derives from the geographic home of the new taxon, viz. Pico Cristal in the Sierra Cristal of eastern Cuba. Additional materials examined: At present the species is known solely from the type specimens deposited in HAJB and JE. 3. Anastraphia oviedoae 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. nov. Type: [specimen] CUBA: Guantanamo, San Antonio, zona por encima de la Mina de Yeso de Baitiquiri, 13.V.1980, ALVAREZ DE ZAYAS, A., BISSE, J., GUTIERREZ, J., Meyer, F.K., HFC-43186 (holotype: HAJB!, isotypes: HAJB!, JE!). (Fig. 3). Frutex ca. 2 m altus. Folia alterna, 9-22 mm longa, 5—15 mm lata, elliptica vel oblonga; ad apicem obtusa vel rotundata aut truncata, ad basin acuta aut rotundata, coriacea, ad marginem 1—5 dentibus spinosis binatim armata, dentes spinosi acuminati, supra glabra, subtus valde tomentosa. Capitulum terminale solitarrum, discoideum, flores 10—12 in quoque capitulo; involucrum late campaniforme, basi acutum; phyllaria in 4-6 seriebus disposita, chartacea, dorsaliter pubescentia. Flores isomorphi 6-11 mm longi; corolla tubularis, profunde quinquelobata, lobi 5—9 mm longi leviter recurvati vel stricti, apex lobulorum trichomatibus glandulosis obsitus, sine papillis. Antherae 5-7 mm longae; appendix apicalis valde apiculata, cauda circa 2 mm longa, breviter laciniata. Stylus exsertus, glaber, 6-10 mm longus. Cypsela cylindrica 3—4 mm longa. Pappus 9-10 mm longus, uniserialis, omnibus setis discretis consimilibus. Shrubs up to 2 m in height, without brachyblasts. Young branches albo-pubescent, mature branches with grooved bark. Leaves distributed the length of the branches; petiole sub-cylindrical without channel, 2-6 mm long; leaves 9-22 mm long by 5—15 mm wide, nanophyllous, coriaceous, elliptic or oblong, apex obtuse, rounded or truncated, base acute or rounded, toothed margins acuminate, with | to 5 pairs Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 43 of teeth, regular, simple 0 compound, spines of same length as teeth; venation semicraspedodromous or mixed craspedodromous with secondary veins uniformly curved, upper surface with inconspicuous veins, glabrous; lower surface with prominent veins, strongly albo-tomentose. Capitulum terminal, solitary, 12—17 mm long with 10—12 flowers per capitulum; involucre narrowly campanulate with pointed base, 5—8 mm high by 2—3 mm wide at the base and 6-8 mm wide at the apex, involucral bracts in 4-6 series, chartaceous and dorsally pubescent, internal involucral bracts linear and 7-8 mm long, medial and external involucral bracts lanceolate and respectively 4-5 mm and 2-3 mm long. Florets 6-11 mm long. Corolla tubular, deeply five-lobed, lobes 5—9 mm long and straight or slightly curved, apex of corolla lobes with biseriate glandular hairs and without papillae. Stamens 5, isomorphic, exserted; filaments fused to the corolla tube from base to throat of the corolla, anthers 5—7 mm long, apical appendage strongly acuminate and tails around 2 mm in length, shortly laciniate. Pollen grains 48—54 um polar diameter by 38-44 um equatorial diameter, subprolate, tricolporate, exine of type Wunderlichia, exine surface microechinate. Style exserted and glabrous, 6—10 mm long. Cypsela cylindrical, 3—4 mm long, with abundant biseriate glandular hairs with vesicle and simple biseriate (not glandular) hairs. Pappus 9-10 mm long, uniseriate, with all bristles of equal length and thickness, free at the base. Phenology: Flowering and fruiting were recorded from February to May. Distribution and habitat: Anastraphia oviedoae inhabits xeromorphic coastal and subcoastal scrub in southeastern Cuba. The species has also been reported in the Monte Cristo region, a limestone relict in a primarily serpentine region of eastern Cuba. The geographic distribution includes the provinces of Camagiiey, Las Tunas and Guantanamo, and the microhabitats are fully exposed to sunlight. Etymology: This species is dedicated to M.Sc. RAMONA OvieDo Prieto, Head curator of the herbarium of the Academia de Ciencias in the Instituto de Ecologia y Sistematica (HAC), who has dedicated her career to the study and conservation of the Cuban flora and the preservation of Cuba’s botanical collections. Additional materials examined: CUBA: Camagiiey, Nuevitas. Peninsula Pastelillo, Loma de Punta Gorda, 0-15 m snm, 1984, Bisse, J. & al., HFC-54112 (HAJB); Las Tunas, El Cupey, La Yaya, Puerto Padre, 1930, CurBELo, M. 524 [HROIG-5221; LS-14457]; Las Tunas, Playa pesquero a Playa Blanca, DEL Risco, E. & Cuiappy, C. SV-33478 (HAC); Guantanamo, Jamaica, subida al altiplano de Monte Cristo (Monte Cristi) por el camino del Diamante, 400m snm, Bisse, J. & al., HFC-39168 (HAJB); Guantanamo, subida por la falda sur de la meseta al norte de Baitiquiri, de la Mina del Yeso hacia arriba, monte seco, Bisse, J. & KOHLER, E., HFC-7853 (HAJB, JE). 44 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 4. Anastraphia crebribracteata 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. NOV. Type: [specimen] CUBA, Guantanamo, Palenque, Cuchillas de Toa, Cayo Fortuna, pinares y charrascos en el trillo de Riito a Piloto Arriba, 5.IV.1972, Bisse, J. & BERAZAIN, R., HFC-22259 (holotype: HAJB!, isotype: HAJB!, JE!). (Fig. 4). Frutex ca. 2 m altus, ramosus. Folia alterna, 13-33 mm longa, 7-14 mm lata, obovata aut oblonga, ad apicem rotundata vel retusa, ad basin asymmetrica et acuta vel cuneata aut rotundata, coriacea, integerrima, supra glabra, subtus valde tomentosa. Capitula terminalia vel lateralia, 1-3 in parvis pseudocorymbis ageregata, subsessilia; involucrum cylindricum-turbinatum, basi valde attenuatum; phyllaria in 5—9 seriebus disposita, chartacea, dorsaliter pubescentia. Flores 7 in quoque capitulo, 6—9 mm longi, corolla quinquelobata, lobi tubum circa aequantes, 3—4 mm longi, apex lobulorum leviter recurvati, trichomatibus glandulosis et papillis obsitus. Antherae 4-5 mm longae, appendix apicalis valde apiculata, cauda 1—2 mm longa, breviter laciniata. Stylus exsertus, glaber, 8-10 mm longus. Cypsela cylindrica 2-4 mm longa. Pappus 5—8 mm longus, uniserialis, omnibus setis discretis consimilibus. Shrubs to 2 m in height, branched and without brachyblasts. Young branches albo- pubescent, mature branches with grooved bark. Leaves distributed the length of the branches; petiole sub-cylindrical without channel, 2-4 mm long, leaves 13— 33 mm long by 7-14 mm wide, nanophyllous, coriaceous, obovate or oblong, apex rounded or retuse, base acute, cuneate or rounded, asymmetrical, margins entire; venation brochidodromous with secondary veins sharply curved, upper surface glabrous with not prominent veins, lower surface strongly tomentose with prominent veins. Capitula terminal or lateral, grouped in small pseudocorymbs of up to three capitula, subsessile, 13—15 mm long with 7 flowers per capitulum; involucre 10-12 mm high by 1—2 mm wide at the base and 5—7 mm wide at the apex, turbinate with the base strongly attenuated, involucral bracts in 5—9 series, dorsally tomentose and chartaceous, internal involucral bracts lanceolate and 6—8 mm long, medial and external involucral bracts ovate, lanceolate, respectively 4—6 mm and 2-4 mm long. Florets 6-9 mm long. Corolla tubular, five-lobed, lobes same length as tube, 3—4 mm long and slightly curved at the apex, with glandular hairs and papillae. Stamens 5, isomorphic, exserted; filaments fused to the corolla tube from base to throat; anthers 4—5 mm long, with apical appendage strongly acuminate and tails 1-2 mm long, shortly laciniate. Pollen grains 51-56 um in polar diameter by 37-43 um equatorial diameter, prolate, tricolporate, exine type Wunderlichia, exine surface microechinate. Style exserted, glabrous, shortly bilobed, acuminate in the apex and style branches rounded, 8—10 mm long. Cypsela cylindrical, 2-4 mm long, with abundant biseriate glandular hairs and simple (not glandular) biseriate hairs. Pappus 5—8 mm long, uniseriate with all bristles of equal length and thickness, free at the base. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 45 Phenology: Flowering and fruiting were recorded in April and May. Distribution and habitat: Anastraphia crebribracteata inhabits xeromorphic scrub on serpentine soils and pine forest growing on ferralitic soils also derived from serpentine, in Holguin and Guantanamo provinces in eastern Cuba. Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the imbricate position of the bracts of the involucre (phyllaries). Additional materials examined: CUBA: Holguin, Moa, falda sur de la Sierra de Moa, subida por el camino a la Mina Yarey, 1972, Bisse, J. & BERAZAIN, R. HFC- 22048; Holguin, Moa, orillas del rio Jiguani cerca de Mina Yarey, 1972, Bisse, J. & Berazain, R. HFC-22523; Guantanamo, Cuchillas del Toa, Sierra de Maguey, pluvisilva y charrascales 700m snm, 1972, Bisse, J. & al. 22421 (HAJB, JE). 5. Anastraphia geigeliae 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. nov. Type: [specimen] CUBA, Holguin, Oriente: Meseta unos 400 m de altitud, entre los rios Cabanas y Moa, IV.1943, Marte VicTorIn HNo., CLEMENTE HNo. & ALAIN Hno. LS-21693 (holotype: HAC!, isotype: HAC!). (Fig. 5). Frutex 2—5 m altus, ramosus. Folia alterna, 10-40 mm longa, 7—15 mm lata, obovata aut elliptica, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi acuta aut rotundata, asymmetrica, coriacea, supra glabra, subtus valde tomentosa, ad marginem 1—13 dentibus spinosis binatim armata; dentes spinosi acuminati. Capitulum terminale solitarium vel capitula 24 in glomerulis aggregata, sessilia, multiflora; involucrum late campaniforme, basi rotundatum; phyllaria in 6-8 seriebus disposita, dorsaliter tomentosa. Flores 7-11 mm longi, corolla quinquelobata, lobi tubum aequantes, 3—6 mm longi, leviter recurvati, apex lobulorum trichomatibus glandulosis biseriatis et papillis obsitus. Antherae 4-7 mm longae, appendix apicalis valde apiculata, cauda 1—3 mm longa, laevis. Stylus exsertus, glaber, 8-14 mm longus. Pappus 6—9 mm longus, biserialis, omnibus setis discretis consimilibus. Shrubs 2—5 m in height, branched without brachyblasts, branches upright. Young branches albo-pubescent, mature branches grooved. Leaves distributed the length of the branches; petiole terete, 1-6 mm long; leaves 10-40 mm long by 7-15 mm wide, nanophyllous, coriaceous, obovate or elliptic, apex obtuse or rounded, bases acute or rounded, asymmetrical, acuminate toothed margins with | to 13 pairs of teeth, regular, simple or compound, spine of the same length as teeth; venation semicraspedodromous with abruptly curved secondary veins, upper surface glabrous, lower surface strongly tomentose. Capitula solitary or two to four in glomerule, 12—20 mm in length, multiflorous; involucre widely campanulate with rounded base, 9-14 mm high by 5—10 mm broad at the base and 7-23 mm broad at the apex, involucral bracts in 6—8 series, dorsally tomentose and chartaceous, internal bracts linear 8-13 mm long, medial and external bracts linear-lanceolate, 46 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 respectively 6-9 mm and 2—6 mm high. Florets 7-11 mm long. Corolla tubular, five-lobed; lobes 3-6 mm long, of same length as the corolla tube, slightly recurved, apex of the corolla lobes with glandular biseriate hairs and papillae. Stamens 5, isomorphic, exserted. Filaments fused to the tube from the base to the throat of the corolla. Anthers 4-7 mm long, with apical appendage strongly ‘ acuminate and tails 1-3 mm, smooth. Pollen grains 47-53 um polar diameter by 36-43 um equatorial diameter, subprolate, tricolporate, exine Wunderlichia type, exine surface microechinate. Style 8-14 mm, exserted, glabrous. Cypsela cylindrical or reniform, 2—5 mm long, with abundant biseriate glandular hairs with vesicle and simple biseriate (not glandular) hairs. Pappus 6-9 mm long, biseriate, with all bristles of equal length and thickness, free at the base. Phenology: Flowering was recorded from December to May, fruiting in June and July. Distribution and habitat: Anastraphia geigeliae inhabits xeromorphic, subspiny matorral on serpentine soils as well as pine forests growing on serpentine-derived ferralitic soils, where A. crebribracteata is also found. Anastraphia geigeliae 1s the endemic species of Anastraphia that appears most frequently in the serpentine soils of eastern Cuba, specifically in Holguin and Guantanamo provinces. Etymology: The species name honors Prof. LurGARDA GONZALEZ GEIGEL, who dedicated her life to the study of the Cuban flora and the training of generations of Cuban botanists. Additional materials examined: Cuba: Holguin, Pinares de Moa, 1945, AcUNA J. SV-12782, SV-12784 (HAC); Holguin, Moa, Pinares, camino Gran Tierra, 1945, Acuna J. SV-12785, SV-12786 (HAC); Holguin, Moa, Playa Vaca, 1945, AcuNA J. SV-12787, SV-12788 (HAC); Holguin, Charrascos, Sierra de Moa, aprox. 800 m snm., 1953, ALAIN HNo. 3421 (HAC); Guantanamo, Toa, Charrasco, Pefia prieta, Magdalena, aprox. 700 m snm, 1953, ALAIN Hno. 3487 (HAC); Holguin, Charrascales, cerca de la cumbre cristal, 1956, ALAIN HNo. & al. 5693 (HAC); Holguin, sobre la cresta de la Sierra del Cristal, 1955, ALAIN HNo. & Lopez Ficueiras M. Al- 4815 (HAC); Guantanamo, Charrascos, Sierra Azul, Quibijan, Baracoa, alt. aprox. 450-500m, 1960, ALAIN HNo. & LOPEZ FIGUEIRAS M. Al-7319 (HAC); Holguin, Mayari arriba, Sierra de Cristal regidn superior del macizo central 1000-1235 m, 1976, Areces A. & al. HFC-30506 [SV-30713, 30714] (HAC, HAJB); Guantanamo, Pinalito al sur de la reserva de Cupeyal, 1970, Boruipi A. & al. 88/ 21 [SV-35520] (HAC, HAJB); Guantanamo, embocadura del Rio Yamaniguey, Charrascal serpentinoso, 1970, Borutpi A. & al. SV- 27916 (HAC); Holguin, Moa, Playa La Vaca, 1944, CLEMENTE HNo. NSC- 3656 (HAC); Holguin, Cananova, 1949, CLEMENTE HNo., ALAIN HNo. & CHRYSOGONE HNo. Al- 967 [NSC- 6871] (HAC); Holguin, Playa La Vaca, Moa, 1946, CLEMENTE HNo. & Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 47 CHRYSOGONE HNo. NSC-4909 (HAC); Holguin, Buisson du sommet de la Sierra del Cristal (1100-1325 m), 1922, Ekman E. L. 15987 (HAC); Holguin, Cerro de Miraflores, Cananova, 1942, LEON HNno. LS- 21072 (HAC); Holguin, Cuabal del Centeno, Moa, 1941, LEON HNo. & CLEMENTE HNo. LS- 20211 (HAC); Holguin, Valle del Rio Moa, 1941, LEON Hno. & al. LS-20184 (HAC); Holguin, Moa, Pinar de los Lirios, sin fecha, LEON HNo. & al. 20741(HAC); Holguin, Cerro de Miraflores, Cananova, Charrascal serpentinoso, 1954, Lopez Figueras M. 1243 (HAC), Holguin, Pico de Cristal, Sierra de Cristal, alt. aprox. 600-1200m, 1959, Lopez FiGueirAs M. UO- 120 (HAC); Holguin, Pinares de Moa, 1943, Marie VicTorIN Hno. & al. LS- 21587 (HAC); Holguin, Moa, Mina Johnson, 1915, YeRO M. JBPI- 964 (HAC); Guantanamo, Baracoa, Charrascos de Yamaniguey, 2003, VeNTOoSA I. & al. SV-42442, 42443, 42444, 42445, 42446, 42447, 42448, 42450, 42451 (HAC); Guantanamo, Baracoa, Charrascos de Yamaniguey, 2004, VeNTOSA I. & al. SV-42461(HAC); Guantanamo, Baracoa, Rio Baez, 2004, LLAMACHO J., SV-42463 (HAC); Holguin, Segundo frente, Subida al Pico Cristal, por el suroeste, suelo esquelético, 1984, Bisse J. & al. 57231 (HAJB). Discussion The species Anastraphia cristalensis is described based on a single specimen collected on the peak of the Sierra del Cristal, between 1000 and 1250 m elevation. The new taxon can be defined despite the limited material, given its morphological uniqueness: elliptical leaves with flat, entire margins and cordate bases. Morphologically the new species resembles A. crassifolia in that both present leaves > 30 mm long with entire margins, campanulate capitula and flowers with lobes the same length as the corolla tube. The two species differ notably, though, in the shape of leaf bases and apices. Furthermore, A. crassifolia and A. cristalensis differ in characteristics of the involucral bracts, in the presence of hairs and papillae in the flower, and in characteristics of the cypsela. Efforts to collect additional material of Anastraphia cristalensis have not been successful to date, due to the difficulty of access to the central part of the Sierra de Cristal and the difficulty of locating an apparently scarce shrub amidst the complex vegetation of the area. Anastraphia herrerae also resembles A. crassifolia in leaf dimensions, capitulum, texture, and floral characteristics. The two species differ considerably, however, in leaf margins: flat and entire in A. crassifolia, recurved and spinose-dentate in A. herrerae. This species inhabits the region of the headwaters of the Rio Jiguani in Guantanamo, where according to the herbarium label it grows in serpentine- derived soils similar to those where A. crassifolia is found. Anastraphia herrerae also resembles A. ilicifolia D. Don except with respect to the teeth of leaf margins: 48 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 sharply acuminate with prominent spines in two series in A. ilicifolia, spines smaller than teeth in A. herrerae. These two species also differ in the characteristics of the involucral bracts, which are linear and strongly tomentose in A. herrerae but in A. ilicifolia ovate-lanceolate and pubescent. The two taxa also differ in distribution and rock types. Anastraphia ilicifolia grows in calcareous rocks of western and central Cuba whereas A. herrerae is found exclusively in serpentine rock of eastern Cuba. Several specimens exist of the latter species but like A. cristalensis, A. herrerae has not been been encountered recently. Anastraphia crebribracteata 1s another case of a species clearly distinct from its congeners, due to the subsessile capitulum with involucrum with attenuated base and numerous series of imbricate bracts. Furthermore, it is the only Cuban species whose capitula are grouped in small pseudocorymbs. This species morphologically resembles A. obtusifolia in terms of the obovate leaves with flat, entire margins. The two taxa also display similar dimensions of capitula and similar characteristics of involucral bracts. Anastraphia crebribracteata also resembles A. attenuata in the presence of numerous bracts in the involucre, which has an attenuated base, but differs from that species in leaf, flower, and capitulum characteristics. This species inhabits pine woods and charrascales in the north of Guantanamo (the Baracoa sector of the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa massif) and the Moa region of Holguin. Anastraphia oviedoae morphologically resembles A. calcicola in that both have nanophyllous, toothed and spiny leaves. The two differ, however, in the form of the capitulum: campanulate in A. oviedoae, turbinate in A. calcicola. On the other hand, A. oviedoae resembles A. northropiana GREENM. to some extent, but the two differ in leaf and capitulum dimensions, the number of series of bristles of the pappus, and the characteristics of the spines of leaf margins, which are shortly acuminate with small irregular spine, mainly at the apex of the leaves in A. northropiana and with regular spines along the whole margin of the leaf in A. oviedoae. Anastraphia oviedoae is found in xeromorphic coastal and subcoastal matorral in southeastern Cuba. Anastraphia geigeliae resembles Anastraphia recurva. The two differ, however, in leaf shape: obovate or oblong with cuneate base in A. recurva, elliptic or obovate with rounded base in A. geigeliae. Furthermore, leaf margins differ notably between the two species. In A. geigeliae the leaf margin is acuminate toothed with up to 13 pairs of teeth, while leaves of A. recurva have entire margins or acuminate toothed margins with only up to three pairs of teeth. The species also differ in that up to four capitula of A. geigeliae may exist in a glomerule whereas A. recurva usually has solitary capitula. The differences between these two taxa were also discussed by Jervis (1954), who concluded that the two were ecotypes Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 49 of a single species because of the notable habitat differences. Nevertheless, the substantial morphological differences between the two taxa merit their separation into different species. 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JEFFREY). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Punt, W., BLACKMORE, S., NILSSON, S. & A. LE THomas 1994. Glossary of pollen and spore terminology. LPP Contrib. Ser. No.1. LPP Foundation, Utrecht. TELLERIA, M. C. 2008. Taxonomic significance of pollen types in the Guyana Highland-centred Compositae genera of Mutisioideae (Asteraceae). Bot. J. Linn, Soe, \56; 327-340: VENTOSA RopriGuEz, I. & P. P. HERRERA OLIVER 2011. Do the Antillean species of Gochnatia KuNTH (Asteraceae) truly belong in that genus? A phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters. Comp. Newsl. 49: 8-22. Comp.N ewsl.49,2011 5] Fig.1. Anastraphia herrerae (Bisse, J. & al. HFC-49567 HAJB). A. Branch (scale: 1cm) B. Leaf variability (scale: 1 cm). B*. Detail of leaf surface (scale: lcm). C. Longitudinal cut of capitulum (scale: 1 cm). D. Shape of involucrum bracts (scale: 0.3 cm). E. Flower (scale: 0.2 cm). E*. Scheme of the form of apex of petal lobe. E**. Scheme of the form of petal lobes. F. Anther (scale: 0.1 mm). G. Apex of style (scale 0.2 mm). H. Fruit (scale: 1 cm). Drawings by Gustavo PINEDA. 52 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Fig. 2. Anastraphia cristalensis (Bissr & et al. 30503 HAJB). A. Branch (scale: 1 cm). B. Leaf (scale: 1 cm). C. Longitudinal cut of capitulum (scale: 1 cm). D. Shape of involucrum bracts (scale: 0.2 cm). E. Flower (scale: 0.2 cm). F. Anther (scale: 0.1 mm). G. Apex of style (scale: 0.5 mm). Drawings by Gustavo PINEDA. Comp.N ewsl.49,2011 53 D (11) ! b ai i a fi Fig. 3. Anastraphia oviedoae (ALVAREZ & et al. 43186 HAC). A. Branch (scale: 1 cm). B. Leaf variability (scale: 1 cm). C. Longitudinal cut of capitulum (scale: 0.2 cm). D. Shape of involucrum bracts (scale: 0.1 cm). E. Flower (scale: 0,2cm). E*. Scheme of the form of apex of petal lobe. E**. Scheme of the form of petal lobes. F. Anther (scale: 0.3mm). G. Apex of style (scale: 0,1mm). H. Fruit (scale: 0,4cm). Drawings by Gustavo PINEDA. 54 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Fig. 4. Anastraphia crebribracteata (HFC 22259, HAJB). A. Branch (scale: 1 cm). B. Leaf (scale: 0,3cm). C. Capitulum (scale: 0,3 cm). C*. Longitudinal section of capitulum (scale: 0.2 cm). D. Shape of involucral bracts (scale: 0.1 cm). E. Flower (scale: 0,2 cm). E*. Schematic shape of apex of petal lobe. E**. Schematic shape of petal lobes. F. Anther (scale: 0,1 mm). G. Apex of style (scale: 0,3 mm). H. Fruit (scale: 0,2 cm). Drawings by Gustavo PINEDA. 33 Comp.N ewsl.49,2011 Bice Mf a fas ae Fig. 5. Anastraphia geigeliae (MARIE VictorIN HNO, CLEMENTE HNO, & ALAIN HNO, LS-21693, HAC). A. Branch (scale: 1 cm). B. Leaf variability (scale: 1 cm). C. Longitudinal section of capitulum (scale: 0.2 cm). D. Shape of involucral bracts (scale: 0,2 cm). E. Flower (scale: 0,2 cm). E*. Schematic shape of apex of petal lobe. E**, Schematic shape of petal lobes. F. Anther (scale: 0,1 mm). G. Apex of style (scale: 0,1 mm). H. Fruit (scale: 0,5 cm). Drawings by Gustavo PINEDA. 56 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Senecio krascheninnikovit SCHISCHK. (Asteraceae, Senecioneae), a new record for Iran H. Avavi Magn, F. Attar!, S. B. Dsavapr & B. NORDENSTAM? ‘Central Herbarium of Tehran University School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran P.O. Box 14155- 6455, Tehran, Iran h.alavimajd@gmail.com fattar@khayam.ut.ac.ir (Corresponding author) ’Department of Botany Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran sb_djavadi@hotmail.com *Department of Phanerogamic Botany Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007 SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden bertil.nordenstam@nrm.se Abstract Senecio krascheninnikovii ScCHISCHK. 1s reported as a new record from Iran. Distribution map and drawings of the species are presented. In Iran, the closest related species to S. krascheninnikovii is S. eligulatus B. Norp., Moussavi & Dyavap1, from which it differs by the shape and margin of leaves, radiate capitula and cypsela indumentum. Keywords: new record, Senecio, Senecioneae, Asteraceae, Iran. Introduction The genus Senecio L. (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) with about 1,000 species is one of the largest genera of Asteraceae as well as flowering plants (PELSER et al. 2007). Senecio L. possesses six endemic species in Iran including S. joharchii F. GHAHREM., EZAzI, RAHCHAMANI & ATTAR (sect. Crociseris), S. vulcanicus BoIss., S. kotschyanus Borss., S. iranicus B. Norv. S. eligulatus B. Norp., Moussavi & Dyavapi, and S. swbnivalis Y. AJANI, J. Noroozt & B. Noro. (sect. Senecio). All are Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 57 local endemics, distributed mainly in mountainous regions with high elevation. NorDENSTAM (1989) recognized four sections in the Flora Iranica area, but since then sect. Jacobaea has been resurrected as the genus Jacobaea MILL., and the members of sect. Quadridentati Boiss. have been transferred to the genus Tranecio B. Norb. Two sections of Senecio now remain in the genus in Iran, with altogether 14 species including S. krascheninnikovii reported here. Sect. Senecio is largest with ten Iranian species. Two of them were recently described, viz. S. eligulatus and S. subnivalis (NORDENSTAM et al. 2002, Noroozy et al. 2010 ). S. joharchii of sect. Crociseris (REICHB.) HALL & WOHLF. is also a recently described Iranian endemic (GHAHREMANINAIJAD et al. 2010). S. krascheninnikovii (sect. Senecio), which is reported here as a new record to Iran, was collected from Zagros Mountains. Material and Methods The present paper, as a part of the project “Tribe Senecioneae Cass. in Iran’, is mainly based on the study of c. 400 herbarium specimens available in TUH and IRAN herbaria (acronyms as in THIERS 2008+). The specimen discussed here was collected in July 2000 from Saverz Mountain in the Zagros range, and maintained in TUH. The description covers the Iranian material only, not the total variation of the species (cf. NORDENSTAM 1989). Description and Discussion Senecio krascheninnikovii ScuHIscHK., Not. Syst. Leningrad (= Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R.)15: 410 (1953). Annual, branching herb, sometimes woody at the base, with moniliform curled multicellular, white or brownish hairs. Stem erect, 20-30 cm high, grooved, 3—5 mm in diameter at the bottom, brown or purple, green or purplish above, glabrous, puberulent or villous, densely villous at the apex and on the peduncle. Stem leaves alternate, sessile, obovate or oblong, 2—5 cm long, 1.5—2.5 cm wide, pinnatisect, herbaceous or subsucculent, with prominent midrib; lobes in 24 pairs, 5-15 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, entire or lobate, margin manifestly revolute, glabrous or puberulent or laxly villous, green or dark green. Capitula radiate with yellow florets, arranged in lax paniculate synflorescence; peduncle 1—2 cm long. Involucre campanulate, 5-7 mm long, and 4-5 mm in diam.; bracts 11—13 uniseriate, lanceolate-oblong, 4-5 mm long, I—1.5 mm wide, 1—3-veined, herbaceous, green, margin subscarious, glabrous or puberulent, acuminate, apex hairy; calycular bracts 6—10, lanceolate or linear, acute, 1.5—2 mm long, 0.3—0.5 mm wide, green, glabrous or puberulent. Receptacle naked, plane, alveolate. Ray 58 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Fig. 1. Senecio krascheninnikovii Scuiscuk. (GHAREMAN et al. 26354, TUH). A. Habit, B. Capitulum, C. Ray floret, D. Hermaphroditic disk floret, E. Corolla of disk floret, F. Stamen, G. Style branch of disk floret. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 59 florets c. 8 in number, female, tube 2.5—3 mm long, limb 3-4 mm long, 1.5—2.5 mm wide, oblong-elliptic, 4—S-nerved, apex 3-toothed; style branches 1—1.2 mm long, apex truncate and with short brush-like hairs. Disk florets c. 20 in number, bisexual, corolla 4-5 mm long, tube slender, 2—2.5 mm long, limb funnelshaped, 2—3 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes triangular-ovate, 0.5—0.7 mm long, with median resinous canal, outside at apex papillose. Anthers 1.8—2 mm long, sagittate at base, obtuse, ecaudate; filament collar balustriform. Style branches 0.8—1 mm long, apically truncate with short brush-like hairs; stigmatic areas separated. Cypselas narrowly-oblong, 2.8-3 mm long, 0.3—0.5 mm wide, 10-ribbed, dark brown, laxly beset with very short hairs. Pappus 5—6 mm long, white, nearly smooth, caducous. — Fig 1. Specimen examined: IRAN, Province Kohkiluye and Boyer Ahmad, Yasouj to Dehdasht, Saverz Mountain, 2,000 m, 24.VII.2000, A. GHAHREMAN, F. ATTAR & K. MAMAHDIGHOLL, 26354-TUH. -— Fig. 2. Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, NE India, Iran (Zagros), Tian Shan, Pamir- Alaj, Central Asia, W China. Taxonomic remarks: Senecio krascheninnikovii is a much variable species in habit, leaf shape and number of capitula and involucral bracts, also the species can be found as simple-stemmed to much-branched specimens (NORDENSTAM 1989). Although an annual, our specimen was branching and woody at lower and middle part of stem, becoming herbaceous upwards. In Iran, S. AKrascheninnikovii is similar to S. eligulatus in habit but, there are some clear differences between the two species listed in Table 1. The capitula of S. eligulatus are terminal and disciform with reduced marginal female florets, while S. krascheninnikovii has distinctly though shortly radiate capitula, arranged in axillar and terminal synflorescence. The two species are also quite distinct in leaf shape, S. krascheninnikovii having pinnatisect leaves with slender and entire lobes, while the leaves of S. eligulatus are pinnatilobate with broad and dentate lobes (Table 1). 60 Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 Table 1. Morphological comparison between S. krascheninnikovii and S. eligulatus. Character S. krascheninnikovii S. eligulatus Leaf shape obovate oblanceolate Leaf margin pinnatisect pinnatilobate Leaf lobes narrow-entire broad-dentate Synflorescence panicle-like corymbose Capitula radiate, axillar-terminal disciform, terminal Cypsela indumentum very sparsely puberulent puberulent —————— ee ero eee | CASPIAN 35N f 30N 25N 45E 50E 55E 60E 65E Fig. 2. Distribution map of Senecio krascheninnikovii (1) and S. eligulatus (2) in Iran. Comp. Newsl. 49, 2011 61 Acknowledgement The authors are very grateful to Mr. M. MEnHRANFARD, the artist of the IRAN herbarium, for drawing the illustrations. References GHAHREMANINAJAD, F., EzaAzi, A., RAHCHAMANI, N. & F. ATTAR 2010. A new Senecio (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) from Northeast Iran. Feddes Repertorium 121 (1-2): 27-31. NORDENSTAM, B. 1989. Senecio L. In: K. H. RECHINGER (ed.), Flora Iranica 164: 59-95. Akad. Druck- u. Verlagsanst., Wien. 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Newsl. 49, 2011 New taxa and combinations published in this issue Anastraphia crebribracteata 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. nov.: p. 44 Anastraphia cristalensis 1. VENTOSA & P. Herrera, sp. nov.: p. 41 Anastraphia geigeliae 1. VENTOSA & P. Herrera, sp. nov.: p. 45 Anastraphia herrerae 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. nov.: 39 Anastraphia oviedoae 1. VENTOSA & P. HERRERA, Sp. nov.: 42 Sinosenecio changii (B. Norv.) B. Norb., comb. nov.: p. 4 Tephroseris koreana (Kom.). B. Norp. & P. B. PELSER, comb. nov.: p. 5 Tephroseris newcombei (GREENE) B. Norp. & P. B. PELSER, comb. nov.: p. 5 FF iF} oe oA, dp, ' " "7 +. te, Pe s. 1O7RA “Ge ey sa: 4 : ea - ij i