Lychnophora passerina (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 78 ) Gardner (1846: 230)

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

12. Lychnophora passerina (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 78) Gardner (1846: 230) . Haplostephium passerina Mart. ex

Candolle (1836: 78). Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in summo Monte Itambé , C. F. P. von Martius s.n. (491) (holotype:

M e! [ M0029474 ]; isotype: G-DC e! [ G00464276 (fragment)] , P [not found]) ( Fig. 27 E ).

Lychnophora subulata Gardner (1846: 231) . Haplostephium passerina (Mart. ex DC.) Gardner var. subulatum (Gardner) Baker (1873: 149) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Diamond district, 1841, G. Gardner 4822 (lectotype: BM e! [BM001009191], designated by Coile & Jones (1983: 235); isolectotypes: K e! [K000484696, K000484697], P [not seen], S e! [S-R-6742]).

Haplostephium pinifolium Duarte (1974: 661) , as ‘ pinnifolium ’. Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Grão Mogol, [in saxosis, ad marginem viae Cristalia parvulae pagus in vicinia Grão Mogol], 19 January 1971, A.P. Duarte 13694 (holotype: RB [ RB00650590 ]; isotypes: GZU e! [ GZU000267235 ], M e! [ M0029475 , M0029476 ], NY [ NY00179008 ], WAG e! [ WAG0000589 ]).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Bahia , Minas Gerais). Campo rupestre; 400–1500 m.

Taxonomic notes: —A common and variable species recognized by its linear to subulate leaves and extremely reduced outer pappus. Very similar to Lychnophora ramosissima Gardner (1846: 232) , which differs by its smaller ovate leaves, with a subpungent mucro (vs. not pungent). The type material cited by Duarte (1974) for Haplostephium pinifolium is Duarte 13770 (RB 165447), however this material does not fit neither the description or the locality ( Diamantina instead of Grão Mogol) and corresponds to L. rosmarinifolia . The description, locality and picture ( Duarte 1974: Fig. 5 , page 662) fit perfectly the Duarte 13694 material, which has been distributed in various international herbaria as the type material of H. pinifolium (with a different collection date: 12/12/1970 instead of 01/19/1971 as in the holotype’s label).

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia : Abaíra, estrada Catolés–Boa Vista, 4 km de Catolés, margem da estrada, 13°18’S, 41°52’W, 1100 m, 21 March 1992, B. Stannard et al. H 52768 (CEPEC, HUEFS, K, SPF, US, W). Minas Gerais: Diamantina, estrada para o povoado de Três Barras, 3 km de Diamantina , 15 April 1987, J. Prado et al. CFCR 10504 (K, SPF); Santana do Riacho, Serra do Cipó, estrada para a Usina Dr. Pacífico Mascarenhas, 1.3 km da estrada Lagoa Santa–Conceição do Mato Dentro (MG 010), 19°16’47”S, 43°35’60”W, 1037 m, 24 April 2006, B. Loeuille et al. 35 (K, SPF).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Capitulescences in Lychnophorinae. A. Glomerule. B. Pseudoglomerule. C. Pseudoglomerule with subinvolucral bracts. D. Syncephalium of second-order. E. Syncephalium of third-order. F. Panicle of capitula. G. Cyme of syncephalia (second-order). D., E. modified from Harris (1999).

FIGURE 27. Lychnophora ramosissima. A. Syncephalium. L. salicifolia. B. Habit. L. pinaster. C. Syncephalium. D. Habit. L. passerina. E. habit. L. villosissima. F. Habit. L. rupestris. G. Syncephalium. A. by H. Ogasawara. B. by J.R. Pirani. C.–D. by P.M. Gonella. E. by M. Mercadante. F. by J.E.Q. de Faria Júnior. G. by B. Loeuille.