Minasia scapigera Robinson (1992b: 651)

Loeuille, Benoît, Semir, João & Pirani, José R., 2019, A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), Phytotaxa 398 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

6. Minasia scapigera Robinson (1992b: 651) . Vernonia scapigera Baker (1873: 55) , nom. illeg., non Lessing (1829: 250–251). Cacalia scapigera Kuntze (1891b: 971) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: inter Villa da Campanha et St João d’El Rey, in pratis alpestribus, C.F.P. von Martius s.n. (546) (holotype: M e! [M0029384]) ( Fig. 31 H ).

Proteopsis scapigera Mart. ex Baker (1873: 55) , nom. nud. pro syn.

Vernonia alpestris (Gardner) Baker var. angustifolia Glaziou (1909: 370) , nom. nud.

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais, known only from the Diamantina Plateau and Serra do Lenheiro in São João del Rey). Campo rupestre; 900–1300 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —A species distinct by its silverish linear to lanceolate leaves and sessile capitula densely congested in subspherical clusters. It can be confused with Minasia alpestris and M. cabralensis : see these species for a discussion of the differences.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Couto de Magalhães de Minas, Chapada do Couto, 17 July 1984, M.G.L. Wanderley et al. CFCR 4618 (F, K, SPF); Diamantina, km 685 da rodovia para Mendanha (BR 367), altos da trilha dos Escravos , 18°13’04”S, 43°35’36”W, 1300 m, 23 January 2007, B. Loeuille et al. 97 (K, MBM, NY, SPF, US); São João da Chapada, ca. 10 km N of São João da Chapada, road to Inhaí, 1050 m, H.S. Irwin et al. 28085 (NY, UB, US).

Figures

FIGURE 31. Maschalostachys markgrafii. A. Syncephalium. B. Habit. Minasia alpestris C. Habit. D. Glomerule of heads. M. pereirae. E. Habit. F. Glomerule of heads. M. ramosa. G. Habit. M. scapigera H. Glomerule of heads. A.–D., G. by B. Loeuille. E.–F. by C.M. Siniscalchi. H. by I.M. Franco.