Abstract
The genus Distephanus is native to Madagascar, the Mauritius, central and southern Africa, Yemen (Socotra Island), and China. The majority of the diversity is found in Madagascar. Here we provide new combinations for nine species of Vernonia that belong in Distephanus, all from Madagascar. All of the species were formerly placed in the large genus Vernonia, now greatly reduced.
Highlights
As we continue to emerge from the “Dark Ages of Lumping” it should come as no surprise to any student of the Compositae that morphological and molecular data are being used to address generic limits
Descriptions and synonomy can be found in Humbert (1960: Volume 1, 121–171)
The number of species in Distephanus stands at 42 with possible new species to be described based on material collected during the aforementioned field trip
Summary
Nine species from Madagascar are moved from Vernonia to Distephanus (Compositae,Vernonieae). Sennikov | Received 6 January 2017 | Accepted 8 February 2017 | Published 17 March 2017 Citation: Funk VA, Robinson H (2017) Nine species from Madagascar are moved from Vernonia to Distephanus (Compositae, Vernonieae).
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