Harperocallis sessiliflora (Hook.) L.M. Campb. & Dorr, 2013

Campbell, Lisa M. & Dorr, Laurence J., 2013, A synopsis of Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales) with ten new combinations, PhytoKeys 21, pp. 37-52 : 46

Harperocallis sessiliflora (Hook.) L.M. Campb. & Dorr comb. nov.

Tofieldia sessiliflora Hook., Icones Pl., ser. 2, 7: t. 691. 1844. Type: Colombia."Andes of New Grenada," 1842-3, J.J. Linden 410 pro parte (lectotype: K, selected by Cruden, 1991; isolectotype: BM [BM000938091!]).

Asphodeleris sessiliflora (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 706. 1891. Type: Based on Tofieldia sessiliflora Hook.

Isidrogalvia sessiliflora (Hook.) Cruden, Syst. Bot. 16 (2): 279. 1991. Type: Based on Tofieldia sessiliflora Hook.

Isidrogalvia moritziana Klotzsch ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17 (103): 489. 1879, nom. nud., pro syn.

Tofieldia moritziana (Klotzsch ex Baker) R. Schultze, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17 (3-4): 330. 1893, comb. illeg.

Type.

Based on Tofieldia sessiliflora Hook.

Distribution

( Fig. 1 ). Andes of Venezuela ( Mérida and Táchira states) and Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, César, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, and Norte de Santander departments); 2500-3200 m. Cruden (1991) also cites a dubious record (J.A. Steyermark 54804) from Ecuador (Loja), which we have not mapped.

Representative specimens.

VENEZUELA. Mérida: Páramo de los Conejos, 3300 m, 24 Jun 1953, L. Bernardi 685 (NY); Mpio. Rivas Dávila, 25 km NE of La Grita, 2830 m, 15 Apr 1984, J.L. Luteyn & M. Lebrón-Luteyn 9928 (NY). Táchira: NE side of Páramo de Táma, 2900-3200 m, 18 Oct 1978, J.L. Luteyn et al. 5906 (MO, NY, US). COLOMBIA. Boyacá: Cordillera Oriental, Páramo de Belén, 3150 m, 6 May 1959, H.G. Barclay & P. Juajibioy 7564 (MO, NY). Cundinamarca: Chapinero, near Bogotá, 3000-3100 m, 18-23 Sep 1917, F.W. Pennell 2013 (NY, US). Huila: Río Balsillas, 2100-2200 m, 3-5 Aug 1917, H.H. Rusby & F.W. Pennell 756 (MO, NY-2 sheets, US). Magdalena: Sierra de Perijá, east of Manaure, Sabana Rubia, 3000-3100 m, 6 Nov 1959, J. Cuatrecasas & R. Romero Castaneda 25040 (US). Norte de Santander/ César: Cerro de Oroque, 3700-3960 m, 19-21 May 1969, H. García-Barriga & R.J. Mejía 19740 (NY, US).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Harperocallis.