Lychnophoriopsis heterotheca Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 376)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87EF-FFC2-CC7C-FF35-FCF33089668E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lychnophoriopsis heterotheca Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 376)
status	syn. nov.

Treatment

1. Lychnophora candelabrum Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 345) View in CoL . Episcothamnus candelabrum (Sch. Bip.) Robinson (1981: 210) . Lychnophoriopsis candelabrum (Sch. Bip.) Robinson (1992b: 644) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serra do Vento, 20 October 1818, F. Sello(w) 995 (holotype: B †; lectotype: P e! [P04416571], designated by Semir et al. (2011: 81); isolectotype: BR [not seen]) ( Fig. 20 A–B View FIGURE 20 ). Lychnophoriopsis heterotheca Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 376) , syn. nov. Lychnophora heterotheca (Sch. Bip.) Coile & Jones (1981: 534) .

Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in saxosis Serra da Lapa , November 1824, L. Riedel 1009 (holotype: LE; isotypes: BR [not seen],

F e! [ F 0077150 F (fragment)], P [ P 00733042]). Lychnophoriopsis macrocephala Glaziou (1909: 380) , nom. nud.

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais). Campo rupestre; 760–1480 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —A broad concept of this species is adopted here; distinctive features are the capitula with 11–25 florets and the mucronate, squarrose, villose to lanate phyllaries. Closely related to Lychnophora hatschbachii but the latter species has glabrous phyllaries and a naked capitulum receptacle (vs. foveolate). Neotypification of L. candelabrum by Robinson (1981) was unnecessary due to the existence of duplicates of Sello(w) 995 at BR and P. As more specimens are available, it becomes evident now that the characters proposed by Robinson (1992b) to set apart L. heterotheca from L. candelabrum are extremely variable and cannot be used.

Representatives specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Buenópolis, Serra do Cabral , estrada Joaquim Felício – Buenópolis, 17°54’42”S, 44°13’07”W, 975 m, 3 June 2008, B GoogleMaps . Loeuille et al. 435 ( SPF); Gouveia, Fazenda Contagem , 24 February 1986, J . Semir et al. CFCR 9571 ( BHCB, HUEFS, K, MBM, NY, SPF, UEC); Jaboticatubas, Serra do Cipó , 15 February 1960, M . Magalhães s.n. ( RB, UB) .

L	Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch
LE	Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia
BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection
F	Field Museum of Natural History, Botany Department
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet
SPF	Universidade de São Paulo
J	University of the Witwatersrand
BHCB	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
HUEFS	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
MBM	San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammals
NY	William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden
UEC	Universidade Estadual de Campinas
M	Botanische Staatssammlung München
RB	Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
UB	Laboratoire de Biostratigraphie