Lychnophora ericoides Martius (1822: 151)

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

4. Lychnophora ericoides Martius (1822: 151) . Vernonia proteiformis Lessing (1829: 249) . Lychnophora proteiformis

(Less.) Candolle (1836: 80), nom. illeg. superfl. Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in campis adamantino Serra de S .

Antonio sive de Gram Magor, C. F. P. von Martius s.n. (syntypes: M [not seen], P [not seen]) ( Fig. 20 E ) .

Lychnophora platyneura Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 357) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in campis sterilibus pr. Andrequece, inter Paracatu et Rio St. Francisco , October 1834, L. Riedel 2949 (holotype: LE [not seen]; isotypes: GH e! [ GH00009910 ], P [ P02538878 ]).

Lychnophora cinerea Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 358) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Diamond District, July 1840, G. Gardner 4833 (lectotype: BM e! [BM000939730], designated by Coile & Jones (1981: 538); isolectotypes: A [not seen], K e! [K000677872, K000677878], NY [NY01186005], P [P02536519, P02536525, P02538884], W e! [W0029031, W18890117752], US [ US 1066942]).

Lychnophora ericoides var. leucopholis Glaziou (1909: 378) , nom. nud.

Lychnophora trichocarpha var. robusta Glaziou (1909: 379) , nom. nud.

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Bahia , Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo). Campo rupestre; 700–1550 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —As noted by Semir et al. (2011), the lectotype of Lychnophora ericoides selected by Coile & Jones (1981) is incorrect since they selected a sheet which does not belong to the original material (with locality description different from the one cited in Martius (1822)). However, the sheets designated by them have not been seen in this present study and the lectotypification of the name is postponed. Lychnophora ericoides is a widespread species. Very similar to L. pinaster Martius (1822: 152) , L. ericoides can be set apart by the following combination of characters: a larger habit and more robust branches (vs. smaller habit and more delicate branches), leaves up to 15 cm long (vs. usually shorter leaves, rarely exceeding 6 cm) with a lanate to subvillose indument (vs. tomentose to subvelutinous), acute leaf apices (vs. obtuse to rounded), and winged and flattened midvein (vs. quadrangulate). Resembling also L. salicifolia , but differing from this species by the fimbrial veins and glabrous cypselae.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia, Licínio de Almeida , estrada para Urandi, 14°44’58”S, 42°34’35”W, 930 m, 3 November 2006, A. Rapini & R. Souza-Silva 1329 (HUEFS). Distrito Federal: Brasília, bacia do rio São Bartolomeu, 5 July 1980, E P. Heringer et al. 4604 (IBGE, US). Goiás: Alto Paraíso, P. N. da Chapada dos Veadeiros , ca. 1 km da sede do P. N., 7 February 1987, J.R. Pirani et al. 1726 (K, SPF, UB). Minas Gerais: Diamantina, estrada Conselheiro-Mata– Diamantina, km 166, 23 February 1986, J. Semir et al. CFCR 9551 (CTES, G, MO, R, SPF, UEC). São Paulo: Pedregulho, distrito Estreito, 20 April 1997, M.C.E. Amaral et al. 97-95 (SPF, UEC).

Figures

FIGURE 20. Hololepis pedunculata. A.Head.Lychnocephalus sellowii. B. Inflorescence.C. Habit.L.humillimus. D.Habit.L.tomentosus. E. Habit. L. mellobarretoi. F. Inflorescence. A. by P.M. Gonella. B.–C., E.–F. by B. Loeuille. D. by W. Milliken.