- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328921-2
- Publication
- Compositae Newsletter. Stockholm
- Collation
- 40: 47
- Date of Publication
- 31 Jul 2003
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Asteraceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- I. ambondrombeensis (H. Humbert) B. Nordenstam (Senecio ambondrombeensis H. Humbert)
Remarks
A generic name as short as possible is proposed to compensate for the long and cumbersome specific epithet. In Latin Io is an exclamation of joy, and in Greek mythology Io was a maiden loved by Zeus. Io is a small part of the generic name Senecio. It is also the name of the innermost moon of the large planet Jupiter ... (fide B. Nordenstam)
Links
- Same citation as
- Io B.Nord., Compositae Newslett. 40: 47 (2003) (2003).