Lychnophora, Martius, 1822

Loeuille, Benoît, Bringel Jr, João Bernardo De A., Faria Jr, Jair E. Q. & Valls, José F. M., 2022, Three new species of Lychnophorinae from the Brazilian Central Plateau (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), Phytotaxa 531 (3), pp. 249-266 : 263

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.531.3.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5888952
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E30487A8-FF97-9053-FF62-FE53FA6BFD59
treatment provided by	Plazi (2022-01-21 07:34:32, last updated 2024-11-27 08:03:44)
scientific name	Lychnophora
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Diagnostic key to the species of Lychnophora View in CoL from Distrito Federal and Goiás State

1. Leaf blade deltoid to ovate; one floret per head ................................................................................................................... L. goiana View in CoL

– Leaf blade linear, narrowly elliptic, oblanceolate, spatulate or lanceolate; 3–9 florets per head.......................................................2

2. Leaf adaxial surface glaucous; phyllaries weakly imbricate, deciduous......................................................................... L. planaltina View in CoL

– Leaf adaxial surface never glaucous; phyllaries imbricate, persistent ...............................................................................................3

3. Leaf with midvein enlarged basally on abaxial surface; involucre campanulate; cypsela sparsely strigose ................. L. salicifolia View in CoL

– Leaf with midvein not enlarged basally on abaxial surface; involucre cylindrical; cypsela glabrous .............................. L. ericoides View in CoL