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Compositae of the Guayana Highland—IV. A new species of pentacalia (Senecioneae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela

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Described and illustrated from Cerro de la Neblina in T. F. Amazonas, Venezuela is the fifth known Guayanan species ofPentacalia, a genus recently reinstated from synonymy withinSenecio. The distinctions between these two genera are briefly discussed as are the distinctions betweenPentacalia and similar genera. A key to the new species,Pentacalia neblinesis, and the other species ofPentacalia from the Guayana Highland is given.

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Pruski, J.F. Compositae of the Guayana Highland—IV. A new species of pentacalia (Senecioneae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela. Brittonia 43, 264–268 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807288

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