Figure 1 Select characters of rosulate species of Dorobaea in Amazonas and Ancash, northern Peru. A. Dorobaea callacallensis (Cuatrec.) B.Nord. & Pruski, caudex and lobed leaves of basal rosette; B. D. laciniata B.Nord. & Pruski, two pinnatisect leaves of same caudex, the longer leaf with the broader segments is an outer leaf of the rosette, the inner and the shorter leaf with narrow segments is an inner younger rosette leaf; collections of the non-published superlaciniata variant of Bertil Nordenstam have only narrow-segmented leaves; C. D. laciniata, capitulum showing the many purple phyllaries involucre, Dorobaeas with similar urceolate capitula match the urceolata variant of Bertil Nordenstam; D. D. laciniata, capitulum in high-contrast showing the penicillate-appendiculate yellow style branches. (A. D. callacallensis (Cuatr.) B.Nord. & Pruski, Leymebamba, unvouchered, photograph by Daniel Montesinos; B. D. laciniata B.Nord. & Pruski, Chachapoyas, Pruski & Ortiz 4997, photograph by John Pruski, showing the superlaciniata variant of Bertil Nordenstam and the typical leaf on a single caudex; C. D. laciniata, Huacchis in Huánuco, Montesinos 5509, photograph by Daniel Montesinos; D. D. laciniata, Molinopampa, Pruski & Ortiz 4978, photograph by Rosa Ortiz).