Heterocoma lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliver) Loeuille, J.N.Nakaj. & Semir

Loeuille, Benoît, Semir, João & Pirani, José R., 2019, A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), Phytotaxa 398 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

5. Heterocoma lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliver) Loeuille, J.N.Nakaj. & Semir in Loeuille et al. (2013: 249). Sipolisia lanuginosa Glaz. ex Oliver (1894a : t. 2281). Proteopsis lanuginosa (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Philipson (1938: 300) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Gonçalo près Biribiry [near Diamantina ], A.F.M. Glaziou 19470 (lectotype: K e! [K000497123]; isolectotypes:B † photo at F and US, C e! [C10007967], G [not seen], K e! [K000497122], P[P03665840, P03665841, P03665843, P03665844], R e! [R000015268, R000015268a], RB [RB00541930, RB00542067]) ( Fig. 18 F ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais). Campo rupestre; 700–1015 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —Known only from a few collections. Typical features are the cluster of 2–6 capitula and the receptacle with flat-bottomed ridges bearing articulated deciduous setae. Similar to H. ekmaniana : see that species for a discussion of the differences.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Buenópolis, Serra do Cabral , 7 km da cidade, 17°53’S, 44°15’W, 950 m, 12 October 1988, R. M. Harley et al. 24885 ( K, MBM, US) ; Diamantina, Conselheiro Mata [“ Conselheiro Matto ”], June 1934, A. C. Brade 13392 ( HUFU, NY, RB, SPF, UB, US) ; Francisco Dumont, Serra do Cabral estrada Joaquim Felicio-Varzea da Palma , 21.3 km de Joaquim Felicio, 17°33’59”S, 44°19’58”W, 1015 m, 28 April 2012, B. Loeuille et al. 635 ( K, SPF, US) .

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FIGURE 18. Gorceixia decurrens. A. Habit. B. Inflorescence. Heterocoma albida. C. Inflorescence. H. ekmaniana. D. Habit. H. erecta. E. Head. H. lanuginosa. F. Flowering branch. A.–B., D., F.by B. Loeuille. C. by C.T. Oliveira. E. by N. Roque.