Jalantzia lokohensis explained

Jalantzia lokohensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Madagascar.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Jean-Henri Humbert in 1955 as Vernoniopsis caudata subsp. lokohensis. It was raised to a full species in 2011 as Vernoniopsis lokohensis. However, Humbert's genus name Vernoniopsis, is illegitimate, as it is a later homonym. In 2024, the replacement name Jalantzia was published for Vernoniopsis Humbert, and this species became Jalantzia lokohensis., Plants of the World Online still treated it as Vernoniopsis lokohensis.