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

Pentacalia todziae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pentacalia
Species:
P. todziae
Binomial name
Pentacalia todziae
H.Rob. & Cuatrec.

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.