A New Monotypic Genus, Ananthura, from Tropical Africa (Asteraceae, Vernonieae)

Harold Robinson; John J Skvarla

doi:10.3417/2010062

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Harold Robinson,¹ John J Skvarla²

¹Department of Botany, MRC 166, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, U.S.A. Robinsoh@si.edu
²Department of Botany and Microbiology, and Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019-6131, U.S.A. jskvarla@ou.edu

Abstract

A new genus, Ananthura H. Rob. & Skvarla (Asteraceae, Vernonieae), is described for Vernonia pteropoda Oliv. & Hiern in Oliv. of Central Africa. The genus has broad median shields on the involucral bracts and lophate, strongly tricolporate pollen. It is placed in the subtribe Gymnantheminae. The name V. urophylla Muschl. is lectotypified.

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Harold Robinson and John J Skvarla "A New Monotypic Genus, Ananthura, from Tropical Africa (Asteraceae, Vernonieae)," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 21(2), 251-255, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.3417/2010062

Published: 1 June 2011

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