SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE GENUS DELILIA (ASTERACEAE, HELIANTHEAE)

Authors
DELPRETE PG
Citation
Pg. Delprete, SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE GENUS DELILIA (ASTERACEAE, HELIANTHEAE), Plant systematics and evolution, 194(1-2), 1995, pp. 111-122
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Plant systematics and evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
03782697
Volume
194
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
111 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-2697(1995)194:1-2<111:SSOTGD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A taxonomic study of the genus Delilia is presented. Two species are r ecognized: D. biflora, a widespread weed of tropical and subtropical r egions of the New World, extending from Mexico to northern Argentina a nd recently introduced in the Cape Verde Islands; and D. repens, endem ic to the Galapagos islands. A key to the species, illustrations, dist ribution maps, and complete synonymy are presented.