Minasia ramosa Loeuille et al. (2011: 19)

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

5. Minasia ramosa Loeuille et al. (2011: 19) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Joaquim Felício, Serra do Cabral , início da subida, 900 m, 14 April 1996, G. Hatschbach et al. 64718 (holotype: ESA [ ESA088926 ]; isotypes: ASU [not seen], CESJ [not seen], CGMS [ CGMS45073 ], CTES [not seen], FUEL [not seen], FURB e! [ FURB00856 ], HUCS [not seen], MBM, SP [ SP386540 ], UPCB [ UPCB85902 ], US [not seen]) ( Fig. 31 G ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais, endemic of the Serra do Cabral, in the Espinhaço Range). Campo rupestre; 900–1200 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —This species is easily recognized by the narrowly ensiform leaves up to 26 cm, and sessile to pedunculate capitula arranged in a panicle. Similar to Minasia pereirae in its determinate inflorescence and totally setuliferous cypselae, but that species has oblanceolate leaves up to 8 cm long. Resembling also M. cabralensis : see that species for a discussion of the differences.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Joaquim Felício, Serra do Cabral , 17 April 1981, L . Rossi et al. CFCR 1064 ( K, SPF); ibid., estrada Joaquim Felício – Várzea da Palma , 17°42’27”S, 44°11’37.1”W, 1026 m, 3 June 2008, B . Loeuille et al. 432 ( HAW, K, MO, SPF, US) ; ibid., 8.4 km além da ponte sobre o Córrego da Onça , 17°41’34’’S, 44°11’41.5”W, 986 m, 3 May 2009, R . Mello-Silva 3223 ( SPF) .

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.