Lychnophora salicifolia Martius (1822: 148)

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

19. Lychnophora salicifolia Martius (1822: 148) . Vernonia salicifolia (Mart.) Lessing (1829: 249) . Cacalia salicifolia

(Mart.) Kuntze (1891b: 971). Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in summis alpestribus jubis Montis Itambé da Villa ,

districtus adamantini, C.F.P. von Martius s.n. (510) (holotype: M e! [ M00294841 ]; isotypes: G-DC e! [ G00464271

(fragment from M)], P [P00683126 (fragment from M)]) ( Fig. 27 B ).

Lychnophora hakeaefolia Martius (1822: 156) . Vernonia hakeaefolia (Mart.) Lessing (1829: 249) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in summo monte districtus adamantini Itambé da Villa, July, C.F.P. von Martius s.n. (498) (holotype: M e! [M0029483]; isotypes: G-DC e! [G00464270 (fragment from M)], P [P00710112 (fragment from M)]).

Lychnophora arrojadoana Mattfeld (1923: 431) . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia : ‘ Minas de Contas’ , Carrascogebiet, 1914, P. von Lützelburg 66 (holotype: M e! [ M0029482 ]; isotype: B †) .

Lychnophora columnaris Mattfeld (1923: 433) . Type :— BRAZIL. Bahia : ‘ Minas de Contas’, Carrascogebiet, July 1913, P. von Lützelburg 13700 (holotype: M e! [ M0029484 ]; isotype: B †) .

Lychnophora luetzelburgii Mattfeld (1923: 431) . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia : carrasco mit Vellozia , 1914, P. von Lützelburg 198 (holotype: M e! [M0029485]; isotype: B †).

Lychnophora urbaniana Glaziou (1909: 378) , nom. nud.

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Bahia , Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais and Tocantins). Campo rupestre, rarely cerrado; 600–1700 m.

Taxonomic notes: —A widespread and variable species, which can be recognized by the combination of sessile leaves with scrobiculate adaxial surface, a mixed brochidodromous-eucamptodromous venation and a prominent midvein enlarged basally on abaxial face. Similar to Lychnophora villosissima , but the latter has petiolate leaves with reticulodromous venation. Its distinction from L. diamantinana , L. ericoides , L. martiana is discussed under each of these species. Lützelburg (1922) published a list of Lychnophora’ s names ( L. arrojadoana , L. bahiensis , L. columnaris and L. luetzelburgii ) without any diagnosis and indicated Mattfeld as the author of these binomials. These names were subsequently validly published by Mattfeld (1923).

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia : Rio de Contas , ca. 6 km N of the town of Rio de Contas on road to Abaíra, 13°33’S, 41°47’W, 1000 m, 16 January 1974, R. M . Harley et al. 15129 ( CEPEC, NY, RB, US). Distrito Federal: Brasília, Brazlândia, a 10 km de Brazlândia em direção a Padre Bernardo, 15°40’S, 48°12’W, 9 July 1991, R. F . Vieira et al. 822 ( CEN, NY). Goiás: Alto Paraíso , Chapada dos Veadeiros , 30 km N of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, along road to Monte Alegre de Goiás, 7 February 1981, R. M . King & L. E . Bishop 8818 ( UB, US). Minas Gerais : Santana do Riacho, Serra do Cipó, A. P. A . Morro da Pedreira , rodovia MG 010 , vale da Mãe d’Água , 19°18’37”S, 43°35’54”W, 1020 m, 16 January 2007, B . Loeuille et al. 61 ( K, SPF). Tocantins, Taguatinga, fazenda Figueiredo, 12°18’20”S, 46°20’54”W, 900 m, 10 March 2015, P. H . Labiak et al. 6050 ( UPCB) .

Figures

FIGURE 27. Lychnophora ramosissima. A. Syncephalium. L. salicifolia. B. Habit. L. pinaster. C. Syncephalium. D. Habit. L. passerina. E. habit. L. villosissima. F. Habit. L. rupestris. G. Syncephalium. A. by H. Ogasawara. B. by J.R. Pirani. C.–D. by P.M. Gonella. E. by M. Mercadante. F. by J.E.Q. de Faria Júnior. G. by B. Loeuille.