Hyptis comaroides (Briq.) Harley & Pastore (2012: 26)

O’Leary, Nataly, 2015, Synopsis of subtribe Hyptidinae (Lamiaceae) in Argentina, Phytotaxa 233 (3), pp. 201-235 : 218-220

3.5. Hyptis comaroides (Briq.) Harley & Pastore (2012: 26) . Fig. 11

≡ Peltodon comaroides Briquet (1889: 110) . Type (lectotype designated here):— PARAGUAY. Guairá, “Itapé dans les prairies”, B. Balansa 1008 ( G 400369 !; isolectotypes BR 5110674 !, BR 5111336 !, G 400365 !, K 485583 !, LE 7813 !, P 720831 !, P 1817757 !, S04-2765 !).

= Peltodon longipes A.St. -Hil. ex Bentham (1833: 63). [non Hyptis longipes A.St. -Hil. ex Bentham (1833: 88)]. Type :— BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul, “ad rivulos prope Santa (?São) Borja in Missionibus Uruguayensibus”, A. de St. - Hilaire 2656 (holotype P 720827 !; isotypes P 720828 !, P 720829 !).

Perennial herbs, up to 0.5 m high, conspicuous xilopodiferous root, hispid to strigose pubescence. Leaves sessile, ovate to elliptic blade, 4–10 × 2–7 cm, obtuse apex, round base, strigose pubescence on adaxial surface, hispid to strigose principally over nervation on abaxial surface, regularly crenate-serrate margin. Capitula 1.5–2.5 cm diam., many-flowered, solitary, peduncle 15–35 cm long. Bracteoles 6–10 × 6 mm, wide ovate, sometimes colored, pilose on external surface, glabrous on internal surface. Calyx 4–6 mm up to 10 mm in fruit, exterior sub-glabrous, interior glabrous; teeth 1.5 mm long, enlarged apex forming foliaceous orbicular appendage with pilose margins. Corolla violet color, 6–7 mm long. Nutlets ovoid, 1.2 mm long, brown, smooth.

Remarks: — At G there are two duplicates (sheets) from the Balansa 1008 collection, the type material of Peltodon comaroides , one of them is here designated as lectotype, following Arts. 8 and 9 of ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012; McNeill 2014).

Distribution and habitat: — Hyptis comaroides is found in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. Doubtful quote for the flora of Uruguay ( Rambo, 1962).

Selected specimens examined:— ARGENTINA. Misiones: Depto. Apóstoles, camino a Pto. Azara, 21 January 1983, Guaglianone 840 (SI!). Depto. San Ignacio, 22 August 1978, Cabrera 29349 (SI!). Corrientes: Depto. Santo Tomé, Carruchos, 22 October 1954, Burkart 19663 (SI!).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Hyptis comaroides (Briq.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore (from Cabrera 29349, SI). A. Plant. B. Calyx.