Vellozia virgata

Mello-Silva, Renato, 2017, New names, species and synonyms in a changing Velloziaceae world, Phytotaxa 309 (1), pp. 35-44 : 39

Vellozia virgata as a synonym of V. sellowii , and the new species V. linearis

Vellozia sellowii Seubert (1847: 75) ( Fig. 3A, B ). Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Caeté. Serra da Piedade, December 1836 (fl. & fr.), Sellow 1316. (holotype, B [B100243285, B100243286]!; isotype, K [000400741, K000400743]!). Syn.: Vellozia virgata Goethart & Henrard in Henrard (1937: 382). Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Tiradentes, Serra de São José d’El

Rei, 28 January 1889 (fr.), Glaziou 17832a (holotype, L [L0041330]!), syn. nov.

Notes: — Vellozia virgata was based on a Glaziou’s collection deposited at L (Glaziou 17832a) that corresponds to V. sellowii , a much older name. The isotypes and some paratypes, although, belong to a rather different yet not described species. For solving this situation, the sinking of V. virgata into V. sellowii , and a new species, V. linearis , based on one of the paratypes of V. virgata , are here presented. The name V. virgata has been only sporadically used, mainly in revisions ( Smith 1962, Smith & Ayensu 1976) and seldom in comparative studies (e.g. Ayensu 1974). Perhaps constituting another example of problems concerning Glaziou’s collections ( Wurdack 1970, Amorim 2003, Lobão & Mello-Silva 2007, Groppo & Pirani 2008), V. sellowii (as V. virgata ) has never again been found neither at Serra de São José, in Tiradentes, nor in the contiguous Serra do Lenheiro, in São João del Rei.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Type material. A. Holotype of Vellozia sellowii (Sellow 1316 [B100243285]). B. Holotype of Vellozia virgata (Glaziou 17832a [L 0041330]). C. Paratypus of Vellozia virgata and holotype of Vellozia linearis (Glaziou 17292). D. Holotype of Vellozia asperula var. filifolia (Hoehne 5025 [NY 00247998]).