Crown of Venezuelan paramos: A new species from the daisy family, Coespeletia palustris
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
A joint research led by the Smithsonian Institution (US), Saint Louis University (US) and Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela) resulted in the discovery of an exciting new species from the daisy family. The two expeditions in the paramos high up in the Venezuelan Andes were crowned by the discovery of the beautiful and extraordinary, Coespeletia palustris. The study was published in the open access journal Phytokeys.