Fleischmannia remotifolia (DC.) R.M. King & H. Rob., Phytologia 19: 205. 1970

Robinson, Harold, 2015, The genus Fleischmannia in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Eupatorieae, Asteraceae), PhytoKeys 57, pp. 61-92 : 69-70

Fleischmannia remotifolia (DC.) R.M. King & H. Rob., Phytologia 19: 205. 1970

Fleischmannia remotifolium DC., Prodr. 5: 165. 1836.

Type.

Brazil. Minas Geraes near Mariannum, Vauthier 259 (lectotype G-DC).

Specimens are usually described as vines. Stems have branches usually spreading at ca. 90° angles. The leaves have mostly 9 to 14 blunt or sharp teeth on each margin, and vary from ovate with acute apices to narrowly ovate or lanceolate with narrowly acuminate apices. Inflorescence with elongate panicle with widely spreading branches, heads closely clustered at ends of branches; peduncles 2-6 mm long, puberulous. Heads ca. 7 mm high, 4-5 mm wide; involucral bracts ca. 22 in ca. 4 series; all bracts with acute to acuminate tips, 2-6 mm long, outer bracts narrowly ovate, inner bracts narrowly oblong. Corollas are rather consistently described as white, but sometimes lavender, ca. 3 mm long, basal tube ca. 0.5 mm long, throat ca. 2 mm long, lobes ca. 0.4 mm long, glabrous outside; anther thecae ca. 0.9 mm long, apical appendage ca. 0.25 mm long; style branches broadened distally. Achenes ca. 2 mm long, not paler on ribs, weakly setuliferous on ribs; pappus whitish, of ca. 35 bristles ca. 3 mm long, slightly broadened and contiguous at base, often detaching in groups.

Specimens seen.

Brazil: Bahia: mun. Arataca, Serra das Lontras 9.0 km WNW of Itatinguí on Fazenda road, then on trail over mountain ridge to Dazenda Cairo, 15°11'53"S, 39°23'50"W, 530-630 m, disturbed southern Bahian moist forest, fallen liana, mostly leafless, involucre olive, heads white, 15 Sept. 2004, W.W. Thomas, A.M. Amorim, J.G. Jardim, S. Sant’Ana & J.L. Paixão 14062 (NY, US). Bahia-Espirito-Santo: Vale do Rio Mucurí, ao lado de Rodovia BR 101, mata de terra firme, planta e 2 m de altura, capítulos brancos, involucro verde, 16 July 1968, R.P. Belem, 3873 (CEPLAC, NY, US); Espirito Santo, Macuco, Reserva de Scoratama, mata alagadiça de palmetto, ca.70 cm de alt,, ramos herbaceous e decumbentes, semi-umbrofila, capitulos roseo-cloros, 16 Aug. 1969, D. Grew 5642 (RB, US); Espirito Santo: Rod. BR-262 (mun. Ihatiba, erva de flor alva, capoeira, local sombrio, úmido, 21 July 1982, G. Hatschbach 45185 & C. Guimarães (MBM, US); Espírito Santo, São Bento de Urâmia, rodovia para Castelinho (mun. Alfredo Chaves), apoiante, capítulos lilás, Orla da mata plubial de solo arenoso, alt. 900 m, 8 Oct. 1994, G. & M. Hatschbach 61153 & S.M. Silva (MBM, US); Espirito Santo: Reserva Florestal de Linhare, Linhares, km. 1.5, Aceiro com Ceolin, Vatzea periodicimente inundável, Rastejante, herbáceo, flor branco, exudação seiva, incolor, common name Arnica falsa, 29 July 1998, D.A. Folli 3203 No. registro 5955 (CVRD, US); Minas Gerais: Caldas, 1845, Widgren 187 S, US); Minas Gerais: 18 July 1862, Regnell I232 (S, US); Minas Gerais: Agricultural College lands, Chacha Valley, tangle on overgrown eastern slope, scandent shrub 2.5 m high, with long branches, white flower, infrequent, 30 June 1930, Ynes Mexia 4818 (US); Minas Gerais: Viscosa, Fazenda de Faziuma, forest on slope, in partial shade, alt. 700 m, suffrutescent, scandent, 1.5 m high, white flower with pungent fragrance, occasional. 8 Sept. 1930, Ynes Mexia 4944 (US); Minas Gerais, Distrito Ilheu, Fazenda da Tabunha, trail to Capichava, in partial shade in cut-over woods, vine climbing 3 m high, flower white, agreeably pungent odor, alt. 210 m, 30 Aug. 1930, Ynes Mexia 5019 (US); Rio de Janeiro: alt. 21 ft?, Miers 3719 (BM, US); Minas Gerais: Mata, Serra do Curral, mun, de Belo Horizonte, pouco frequente, flores alvas, arbusto semiescandente, 25 July 1942, M. Magalhães 3304 (SP, US); Minas Gerais: Parque Nacional do Cachoeira Bonita (Mun. Caparaó), erva 50 cm, capitulos alvos, matinha de alt. 1800 m, 15 June 1991, G. & M. Hatschbach & D. Guimarães 55534 (MBM, US); São Paulo: (capital), on margin of a rivulet, white flowers, B. Prokel 5333 (US); São Paulo, aguas de Lindois, semi-prostrada, á sombra da mata, á beira de córrego, corolas alvas, 17 Aug 1968, W. Hoehne 6248 (SP, US)

This is the most common species of Fleischmannia in eastern Brazil. It is distinct from other Brazilian species by the more densely corymbiform inflorescence and broader style branches.