%0 Journal Article %T NOVEDADES EN ASTER¨¢CEAS COLOMBIANAS £¿ I %A D¨ªaz-Piedrahita %A Santiago %A Rodr¨ªguez-Cabeza %A Betsy Viviana %J Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, F¨ªsicas y Naturales %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X study of recently acquired specimens in the colombian national hebarium (col) results in the discovery of five new species of asteraceae of the genera lessingianthus (vernonieae, 1 species), hebeclinium (eupatorieae, 1 species) and pentacalia (senecioneae, 3 species). we describe and illustrate these novelties. additionally, espeletiopsis laxiflora is reclassified as coespeletia laxiflora, establishing the presence of coespeletia cuatrec. in colombia. %K asteraceae %K vernonieae %K eupatorieae %K senecioneae %K lessingianthus %K hebeclinium %K pentacalia %K colombia %K taxonomy. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-39082011000400001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en