Piptolepis pabstii (Barroso) Loeuille, Semir & Pirani, 2019

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

10. Piptolepis pabstii (Barroso) Loeuille, Semir & Pirani , comb. nov. Eremanthus pabstii Barroso (1964: 173) . Vernonia pabstii (G.M. Barroso) MacLeish (1984b: 135) . Type:— BRAZIL. Goiás: Cristalina, ca. 1250 m, 24 March 1963, E.P. Heringer 9229/1442 (holotype: HB [not seen]; isotypes: HEPH [not seen], RB [RB00282958], UB [scan seen]) ( Fig. 35 F ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Goiás, in the Cristalina region). Campo rupestre; 1000–1200 m.

Taxonomic notes: —A rarely collected species. Easily recognized by its subshrubby habit, syncephalium and one floret per capitulum.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Goiás: Cristalina, ca. 10 km S of Cristalina , 1200 m, 1 March 1966, H. S. Irwin et al. 13224 ( NY, UB, US) ; ibid., ca. 7 km by road NW of Cristalina on road to Brasília , 1100 m, 3 April 1973, W. R. Anderson et al. 8080 ( NY, UB, US) ; ibid., Estrada BR-050 em direção a Brasília , 5 km após a cidade, 16°43’29’’S, 47°38’24’’W, 1171 m, 18 July 2013, B. Loeuille et al. 833 ( BHCB, K, RB, SPF, US) .

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.