Piptolepis leptospermoides (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 17 ) Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 382)

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

7. Piptolepis leptospermoides (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 17) Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 382) . Vernonia leptospermoides Mart. ex Candolle (1836: 17) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in editis campis ad Tejuco, Serro Frio, 25 May 1818, C.F.P. von Martius 1310 (541) (lectotype: M e! [M0029434], designated here; isotype: P [P04318894]) ( Fig. 35 C ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Minas Gerais, endemic of the Diamantina Plateau). Campo rupestre; 1100–1550 m.

Taxonomic notes: —A species very distinct in the revolute leaf margins, cypsela with pilose furrows and outer pappus shorter than inner series. Resembling Piptolepis glaziouana and P. imbricata : see these species for a discussion of the differences.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Diamantina , 10 km NE of Diamantina , 4 October 1980, G . L . Smith et al. 1003 ( GA, RB). São Gonçalo do Rio Preto, Parque Estadual do Rio Preto, subida para o Pico Dois Irmãos , 1550 m, 10 April 2005, P . L . Viana & L . E . Lopes 2798 ( BHCB). Serro, Capivari, na base do Pico do Itambé , 18°23’52”S, 43°23’21’’W, 1212 m, 17 November 2011, B . Loeuille et al. 581 ( SPF, UFP) .

Figures

FIGURE 35. Piptolepis ericoides. A. Flowering branch. P. campestris. B. Head. P. leptospermoides. C. Head. P. monticola. D. Habit. P. oleaster. E. Habit. P. pabstii. F. Habit. P. riparia. G. Flowering branches. A., E.–G. by B. Loeuille. B. by N. Roque. C. by I.M. Franco. D. by M. Lusa.