Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Delprete, P. G. (1994). Systematic study of the genus Delilia (Asteraceae, Heliantheae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 194(1-2):
111–122.
Robinson, H. (2006). Delilia. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson (eds), Flora of Ecuador, No. 77(1): 190(6).
Compositae-Heliantheae, Part I: Introduction, genera A–L. Botanical Institute, Göteborg University,
Göteborg & Section for Botany, Riksmuseum, Stockholm. pp. 131–134.
Sprengel, C. (1823). Description de deux genre nouveaux. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 3, 10: 54-55.
Delilia berteri Spreng., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3, 10: 54, pl. 2 (1823) = Delilia biflora (L.) Kuntze
Delilia biflora (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): (1898).
Milleria biflora L., Sp. Pl. : 919 (1753). Type: ‗Habitat in Campechia‘. Lectotype (Stearn, Intr. Linnaeus‘ Sp. Pl.
(Ray Soc. ed.): 48 (1957): Icon in Hort. Cliff.: 425, t. 25 (1738). A different lectotype was apparently selected
by Stuessy in Jarvis & Turland, 1998: 364): Herb. Linn. No. 1031.3 (LINN). Note sheet number cited by
Robinson (2006: 132) was the sheet originally cited by Stuessy (1975) [1031.4 LINN], later corrected by
Stuessy in Jarvis & Turland (1998: 364). Delprete (1995: 113) cited the ‗holotype‘ as 1031.4 LINN.
Delilia berteri Spreng., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 3, 10: 54, pl. 2 (1823). Type: [Colombia:] ‗... à Bertero
pedemontano, Balbisii discipulo, ad flumen S. Magdalenae in America australi inventa, cujus semina sine
nomine misit praestantissimus juvenis.‘ [Bertero] Holotype: P.
Meratia sprengelii Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 30: 66 (1824), nom. illegit. superfl., based on D. berteri Spreng.
Elvira martyni Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 30: 68 (1824), nom. illegit. superfl., based on Milleria biflora L.
Elvira biflora (L.) DC., Prodr. 5: 503 (1836).
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, West Indies. Introduced and
naturalized in the Cape Verde Islands.
Scrub, dry montane scrub, riverside thickets, cerrado, roadsides, cultivated areas.
0–1800 m.
Flowering throughout the year.
La Paz: Wood et al. 23121 (K).
Santa Cruz: Wood et al. 21790 (K), Wood et al. 24095 (K, USZ).
Delucia DC., Prodr. 5: 633 (1836) = Bidens L.
Dendrophorbium (Cuatrec.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 47(1): 75 (1992).
Senecio L. sect. Pluricephali Cabrera, Lilloa 5(1): 70 (1939). Type: not stated.
Senecio L. sect. Myriocephalus Cabrera, Lilloa 15(1): 56 (1949). Type: Senecio myriocephalus Baker, nom. illegit. =
Senecio pluricephalus Cabrera = Dendrophorbium pluricephalum (Cabrera) C. Jeffrey
Senecio L. sect. Macbrideus Cuatrec., Fieldiana, Bot. 27(2): 72 (1951). Type: Senecio macbridei Greenm. =
Dendrophorbium reflexum (Kunth) C. Jeffrey
Senecio L. sect. Dendrophorbium Cuatrec., Fieldiana, Bot. 27(2): 72 (1951). Type: Senecio silvani Cuatr. =
Dendrophorbium silvani (Cuatrec.) C. Jeffrey
Type: Dendrophorbium pluricephalum (Cabrera) C. Jeffrey
References
Cabrera, A. L. (1985). El género Senecio (Compositae) en bolivia. Darwiniana 26(1–4): 79–217. [sub Senecio
‗Serie 6. Myriocephali (Cabr.) Cabr.‘, pp. 126–147]
Vision, T. J. & M. O. Dillon. (1996). Sinopsis de Senecio L. (Senecioneae, Asteraceae) para el Perú. Arnaldoa
4(1): 23–46.
Key to species
1. Capitula discoid or subdiscoid with female marginal florets wih tubular corollas or lacking
marginal florets 2
Capitula radiate; marginal florets distinctly rayed 5
2. (1) Phyllaries 8 3
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