2014/12/01 by T. C. G. Rich · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Botany and Plant Ecology Studies #Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics #Ecology and biodiversity studies #Bract #IUCN Red List #Biology #Asteraceae #Botany #Endangered species #Critically endangered #Zoology #Ecology #Inflorescence
paper · doi:10.1179/2042349714y.0000000051
openalex publication_date 2014/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Hieracium attenboroughianum is described from the Brecon Beacons, Wales. It is a member of the H. britannicum group in Hieracium section Stelligera Zahn, related to H. britannicoides P. D. Sell but differing in cupped, dark green leaves and sparse, medium simple eglandular hairs and many glandular hairs on the involucral bracts. About 300 plants occur on Old Red Sandstone mountain ledges on Cribyn (V.c. 42). It is named after David Attenborough. It is classified under the IUCN Threat Category ‘Endangered’.