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Taxonomic notes on Senecio tomentosus and its allies (Asteraceae)

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Distribution maps, specimen citations and taxonomic commentary are provided for 14 species ofSenecio in temperate North America allied withS. tomentosus (the “Tomentosi”). These data support the author’s treatment of the group inNorth American Flora.

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Contribution No. 80-407-J, Division of Biology, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan. Support from the National Science Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. Kathleen J. Zeleznak prepared the maps.

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Barkley, T.M. Taxonomic notes on Senecio tomentosus and its allies (Asteraceae). Brittonia 32, 291–308 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806718

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