Pentacalia todziae explained

Pentacalia todziae is a plant species endemic to Perú, known only from San Martín Province.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pentacalia todziae is a large vine climbing over other vegetation. Stems are round in cross-section, hollow. Leaves are fleshy, thick and sturdy, broadly ovate, up to 17 cm long. Flower heads are borne in panicles up to 50 cm long, in the axils of the leaves. Heads each have about 8 yellow ray flowers and 25-30 yellow-brown disc flowers.^[1]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14663#page/283/mode/1up Robinson, Harold Ernest, & Cuatrecasas, José. 1993. New species of Pentacalia (Senecioneae: Asteraceae) from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Novon 3: 284-301
2. León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biología 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
3. Ulloa Ulloa, C., J. L. Zarucchi & B. León. 2004. Diez años de adiciones a la flora del Perú 1993–2003. Arnaldoa Edición Especial Nov.: 1–242.