Verbesina centroboyacana is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae endemic to Colombia.[1]
Shrub that reaches 8 ft (2.5 m) in height. The leaves are alternate, coriaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous on the upper surface and lower side; the apex is acute, the base is attenuated, forming a pseudopeciolus; Revolute margin, dentated only in upper two-thirds; pinnate venation. Inflorescences in corymbs or panicles, the pedicels are villous. Uniseriate bell-shaped involucre; the involucral bracts are linear-oblong, widened at the base and acute at the apex, glabrous or with sericeous indumentum towards the base. Convex receptacle; the paleas are oblong, folded, acute, glabrous, dark and with translucent spots, slightly ciliated on the margin. The flowers are white, with 5-10 female ray florets, ligulate, with a pubescent tube, the ligule is elliptical and tridentate, the style is bifid and glabrous, the ovary is triquetral, uniaristate and without a fin; with about 20 disk florets, hermaphroditic, with hairy tubulous corolla, slightly pentadentate, the teeth are oblong; anthers blackish with a mutic base. Obovate compressed achenes 4 mm in length, the external ones are thicker, hairy and with a poorly developed fin; the internal ones with scant indumentum, and a clear and ciliated fin; pappus formed by two ciliated edges.[2]
It is endemic to Colombia and is distributed along the Eastern Cordillera in the departments of Boyacá and Cundinamarca. It can be found between 1990 and 3120 meters above sea level.[3]
Verbesina centroboyacana is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae endemic to Colombia.
Verbesina centroboyacana es una especie de arbusto de la familia Asteraceae endémica de Colombia.[1]
Arbusto de 2,5 m. Las hojas son alternas, coriáceas, ovadas a ovado-lanceoladas, glabras en el haz y envés; el ápice es agudo, la base es atenuada formando un pseudopecíolo; margen revoluta, dentada solo en los dos tercios superiores; venación pinatinervia. Inflorescencias en corimbos o panículas, los pedicelos son villosos. Involucro acampanado uniseriado; las filarias son linear-oblongas, ensanchadas en la base y agudas en el ápice, glabras o con indumento seríceo hacia la base. Receptáculo convexo; las páleas son oblongas, plegadas, agudas, glabras, oscura y con puntos translucidos, levemente ciliada en el margen. Las flores son blancas, con 5-10 flores de radio femeninas, liguladas, con un tubo pubescente, la lígula es elíptica tridentada, el estilo es bífido y glabro, el ovario es triquetro, uniaristado y sin aleta; con cerca de 20 flores de disco, hermafroditas, con corola tubulosa velluda, ligeramente pentadentada, los dientes son oblongos; anteras negruzcas con base mútica. Aquenios comprimidos obovados de 4 mm de longitud, los externos son más gruesos, pilosos y con la aleta poco desarrollada; los internos con escaso indumento, aleta clara y ciliada; pappus formado por dos aristas ciliadas.[2]
Es endémica de Colombia y se distribuye lo largo de la Cordillera Oriental en los departamentos de Boyacá y Cundinamarca.[3] Se puede encontrar entre 1990 a 3120 m.s.n.m.[3]
Datos: Q15563574
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Verbesina centroboyacana es una especie de arbusto de la familia Asteraceae endémica de Colombia.
Verbesina centroboyacana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được S.Díaz miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1985.[1]
Verbesina centroboyacana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được S.Díaz miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1985.
