Senecio masatierrae (Large-headed Robinsonia)

[alex]

Senecio masatierrae

formerly known as Robinsonia macrocephala

from the Isla Masatierra / Juan Fernández Archipelago

extinct in the 20-th century

source:

www.geo.puc.cl/pdf/moreira/MoreiraMu%C3%B1oz_distribution_Chilean_Asterac.pdf

(i thougt we would have a thread about this species, but unfortunately couldn't find it)

[alex]

Senecio masatierrae



photo (taken in 1916) from 'The Natural history of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island / edited by Carl Skottsberg. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri, 1920-1956'

www.biodiversitylibrary.org

[alex]

All species of Robinsonia are now included in the genus Senecio.

source:

Pieter B. Pelser; Eric J. Tepe; Aaron H. Kennedy; Linda E. Watson: The fate of Robinsonia (Asteraceae): sunk in Senecio, but still monophyletic?. Phytotaxa 5: 31-46. 2010