Eremanthus brevifolius Loeuille

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

5. Eremanthus brevifolius Loeuille in Loeuille et al. (2012c: 5). Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Congonhas do Norte, Serra Talhada (setor NW da Serra do Cipó), Fazenda Imbaúbas , 20 January 2007, B. Loeuille et al. 71 (holotype: SPF [ SPF179300 ]; isotypes: K [ K001092362 ], US) ( Fig. 15 F ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais, known from very few collections in the northwest sector of the Serra do Cipó). Campo rupestre.

Taxonomic Notes: —It is superficially similar to Eremanthus elaeagnus in the habit, indument of abaxial leaves and sessile capitula slightly appressed and free, but differs from it in the smaller leaves (2–2.5 × 0.6–0.8 cm vs. 5–12 × 1.5–3 cm) with densely black glandular-dotted, tomentose adaxial surface (vs. sparsely lepidote), in the number of florets per capitulum (4–7 vs. 3–4), and in the number of series of the pappus (2 vs. 3–5).

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Conceição do Mato Dentro , Gondó, área da Mineradora Anglo American, 12 April 2017, J. E . Oliveira s.n. (HDJF).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Eremanthus arboreus. A. Habit. E. argenteus. B. Syncephalia. E. erythropappus. C. Syncephalia. D. Habit. E. auriculatus. E. Habit. E. brevifolius. F. Inflorescence. E. glomerulatus. G. Syncephalia. E. elaeagnus. H. Habit.A.–H. by B. Loeuille.