Lychnophora phylicifolia Candolle (1836: 79)

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

13. Lychnophora phylicifolia Candolle (1836: 79) . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia : in altis ad Sincorá, C.F.P. von Martius s.n. (500) (holotype: M e! [M0029477]; isotype: G-DC e! [G00464273 (fragment from M)], P [P04416538 (fragment from M)]). Lychnophora jeffreyi Robinson (1983: 377–378) . Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia : Serra do Sincorá, W of Barra da Estiva on the road to Jussiape,

23 March 1980, R. M . Harley et al. 20802 (holotype: CEPEC [ CEPEC25594 ] [not seen]; isotypes: HUEFS [ HUEFS66576 ], K e!

[K000069175], MO [MO100309147] [not seen], R [not seen], US [ US 00147444]).

Distribution and habitat: Brazil ( Bahia , known only from the Catolés region). Campo rupestre; 1050–1600.

Taxonomic notes: —Known from very few collections. Diagnostic is the combination of canescent branches, strongly imbricate discolorous ovate-lanceolate to ovate leaves with cordate bases, and coroniform outer pappus. Similar to Lychnophora granmogolensis by its cordate bases and leaves with pungent mucro, but L. phylicifolia differs in the size of the leaves (0.4–0.5 vs. 1–2.5 cm long), the number of florets (1–3 vs. 1) and the completely fused setae of the outer pappus series (vs. free or partially fused).

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia : Abaíra , Vale frente a Serra do Guarda Mor, 13°17’S, 41°52’W, 1050–1220 m, 27 December 1988, R. M . Harley et al. 27839a ( SPF); ibid., Serra do Bicota, 13°51’S, 41°21’W, 1800 m, 21 July 1993, W . Ganev 1925 ( HUEFS, SPF); ibid., Catolés, Serra dos Cristais , 13°19’33’’S, 41°52’56’’W, 1600 m, 20 May 1999, V. C . Souza et al. 22900 ( CTES, ESA, HUFU, K, UEC) .