Hieracium attenboroughianum (Asteraceae), a new species of hawkweed

T. Rich

DOI:10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000051

Corpus ID: 84969327

Hieracium attenboroughianum (Asteraceae), a new species of hawkweed

@article{Rich2014HieraciumA,
  title={Hieracium attenboroughianum (Asteraceae), a new species of hawkweed},
  author={T. Rich},
  journal={New Journal of Botany},
  year={2014},
  volume={4},
  pages={172 - 175}
}

T. Rich

Published 2014

Biology

New Journal of Botany

Abstract Hieracium attenboroughianum is described from the Brecon Beacons, Wales. It is a member of the H. britannicum group in Hieracium section Stelligera Zahn, related to H. britannicoides P. D. Sell but differing in cupped, dark green leaves and sparse, medium simple eglandular hairs and many glandular hairs on the involucral bracts. About 300 plants occur on Old Red Sandstone mountain ledges on Cribyn (V.c. 42). It is named after David Attenborough. It is classified under the IUCN Threat… CONTINUE READING

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