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Lecocarpus leptolobus (S.F. Blake) Cronquist & Stuessy

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Acanthospermum leptolobum S.F.Blake (basionym); Acanthospermum brachyceratum S.F.Blake

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Adsersen, H. (1980). Revision of the Galápagos endemic genus Lecocarpus (Asteraceae). Botanical Tidsskrift 75: 63-76.

Atkinson, R. Jaramillo, P., Simbaña, W., Guézou, A. & Coronel, V. (2008) Advances in the conservation of threatened plant species of Galápagos. Galápagos Report, 97-102 (Eds L. Cayot and V. Toral). Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador.

Cronquist, A. (1970) New Combinations in the Compositae of the Galápagos Islands. Madroño 20(5): 255-256.

Eliasson, U. (1971) Studies in Galápagos Plants. X the Genus Lecocarpus. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 65(3): 246-277.

Tye, Alan and Díaz, Patricia Jaramillo. (2022). Rediscovery of the Galapagos endemic Lecocarpus leptolobus (Asteraceae), its morphology, distribution and taxonomy relative to its congeners. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 200(2): 270-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac026

Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford. 

 

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