The Plant Press

From The Plant Press, Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2021.

Art by Alice Tangerini

Stachycephalum asplundii H.Rob. & Tangerini

When Alice Tangerini was examining plant specimens for a series of Stachycephalum (Asteraceae) illustrations in 2006, she discovered some interesting features of the achene on a particular specimen. Her observations did not agree with what Harold Robinson had asked her to draw. Robinson concluded that the species that Tangerini was drawing was a new species. To give credit where credit is due, Robinson added Tangerini’s name as plant author with his. Stachycephalum asplundii H.Rob. & Tangerini is published in Flora of Ecuador 77(2): 125-127; fig. 55) (2006). The species is found in the Ecuadorian province of Napo, in the Rio Cosanga valley.