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Plectocephalus chilensis (Bertero ex Hook. & Arn.) G. Don ex Loudon var. brevilobus DC) Penneck. & Chaura

Plectocephalus chilensis (Bertero ex Hook. & Arn.) G. Don ex Loudon var. brevilobus DC) Penneck. & Chaura is a synonym of:
Plectocephalus chilensis (Bertero ex Hook. & Arn.) G. Don ex Loudon var.  chilensis  Centaurea chilensis Bertero ex Hook. & Arn. var.  breviloba  DC.

Type citation

Centaurea chilensis Bertero ex Hook. & Arn. var. breviloba Candolle (1837: 575). Type:—CHILE: Coquimbo Region, Coquimbo Province, Coquimbo, 1831/1833, C. Gaudichaud 94 (Lectotype designated by Penneckamp et al. (2020): P 00703636; isolectotypes: FI 004939, P 00703637).

Synonyms

References

  • Penneckamp et al.

    Penneckamp, , D , Chaura, R , Rojas, G. and Stuessy, T. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Plectocephalus (Centaurea) s.l., Centaureinae, Asteraceae) from Chile, including new combinations and synonyms. Phytotaxa 437(4) 227-246

Key characteristics

This variety is differs from var chilensis by having smaller leaves with shorter lobules, the capitulum is sessile and the flowering branches are densely leaved. This variety also has a more woody habit