Condea floribunda (Briq.) Harley & Pastore (2012: 14)

O’Leary, Nataly, 2015, Synopsis of subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) in Argentina, Phytotaxa 233 (3), pp. 201-235 : 211

2.3. Condea floribunda (Briq.) Harley & Pastore (2012: 14) . Fig. 6

≡ Hyptis floribunda Briquet (1897: 18) . Type:— PARAGUAY. Cordillera, Arroyos y Esteros , July 1875, B. Balansa 980 (holotype G 307386 !; isotype P 0721025 !, P 0721026 !, P 1817737 !).

= Hyptis elegans (Briq.) Briq. ex Micheli var. campicola Briquet (1897: 21) . Type :— PARAGUAY. Ibitimi , February, B. Balansa 979a (holotype G; isotypes K000488247 ! P00721027 !).

Perennial herbs, up to 2 m high. Leaves with a petiole 1–3(–7) cm long, ovate blade, 2–7(–10) × 1.5–4(–6) cm, round or cuneate base, acute apex, irregularly serrate margin, abaxial surface hispid, adaxial surface scabrous. Flowers with a pedicel (2–)4–7(–10) mm long, slightly strigose or glabrous, solitary or arranged in 3–4 flowered verticillasters, axillary to foliaceous bracts, forming large terminal panicles, rachis hispid-strigose, never glandular, exceptionally sub-glabrous. Calyx 2–4 mm long, with 5 triangular teeth. Corolla lilac or pink color, 3.5–4 mm long, superior lip 1 mm, bilobate, inferior lip 1–2 mm long, trilobate. Style 2.5–3.5 mm long. Nutlets ellipsoid 1.5 mm, chestnut color.

Distribution and habitat: — Condea floribunda grows in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina.

Selected specimens examined:— ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires: San Isidro, a la vera del ferrocarril, 17 April 1937, Burkart 8249 (SI!). Chaco: Maipú: Rio Negro, March 1932, Meyer 651 (SI!). Córdoba: Rio Segundo, ruta nac. 9, calle Laguna Larga, Subils 857 (SI!). Corrientes: San Cosme, Riachuelo, 13 April 1945, Ruiz Huidobro 1986 (SI!). Entre Rios: Paraná, Paracao, 15 May 1964, Burkart 25417 (SI!). Misiones: Candelária. Yabebuy, April 1945, Montes 773 (SI!). Salta: Rosario de Lerma. Campo Quijano, January 1929, Venturi 8129 (SI!). Santa Fé: San Javier, Lag. La Brava, 25 April 1983, Prado 278 (SI!). Tucumán: Tafi Del Valle, Yerbabuena, January 1919, Venturi 173 (SI!).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Condea floribunda (Briq.) Harley & Pastore (from Crespo, 1979, modified, reprint with permission). A. Plant branch. B. Flower. C. Corolla expanded, inner view. D. Nutlet, dorsal view.