Senecio antisanae

Senecio antisanae is a species of Senecio in the aster family found only in the subtropical or tropical moist montane region of Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Senecio antisanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. antisanae
Binomial name
Senecio antisanae
Range by collection location

It is a terrestrial herb that is only known from a few old collections in the Andes. The only subpopulation with detailed location information was recorded at the Hacienda del Isco, in the foothills of Volcán Antisana in the Cordillera of Quito,[1][2] in 1845.[2] This subpopulation may now be inside the Antisana Ecological Reserve,[1][2] a privately owned reserve that preserves the native flora and fauna of the Northern Andean páramo.[3] The species may be a synonym of S. iscoensis (Nordenstam in Jørgensen and León-Yánez 1999), which itself may be properly named Aetheolaena senecioides. No specimens of this species are housed in Ecuadorian museums.[1]

References
  1. Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. (2003). "Senecio antisanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43842A10832832. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43842A10832832.en. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. Tropicos. "Senecio antisanae Benth". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  3. "Antisana Ecological Reserve". Summer Experience in Ecuador. Washington College and the University of San Francisco at Quito. 1998. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-02.


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