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Taxonomy and distribution of Chaptalia dentata and C. Albicans (Asteraceae: Mutisieae)

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Chaptalia dentata (L.) Cass. andC. albicans (Sw.) Vent. ex Steudel incorrectly have been recognized as conspecific in recent treatments. Although they are vegetatively similar, they differ in features of the flowers and fruits—especially the mature achenes. Both species occur in the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles of the West Indies:Chaptalia dentata is endemic to that area, absent only from Jamaica;C. albicans is more widespread, as it occurs in Jamaica as well as in scattered localities on the American mainland—southern Florida, various localities in Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala, and the Mexican states of Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, and Yucatán.

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    Guy L. Nesom

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Nesom, G.L. Taxonomy and distribution of Chaptalia dentata and C. Albicans (Asteraceae: Mutisieae). Brittonia 36, 396–401 (1984). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806600

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