Lychnophora spiciformis Loeuille & Siniscalchi

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

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Lychnophora spiciformis Loeuille & Siniscalchi
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20. Lychnophora spiciformis Loeuille & Siniscalchi View in CoL in Siniscalchi et al. (2016: 49). Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia : Ibicoara, Chapada Diamantina, Estrada para Cachoeira do Buracão, área com elevações, sob linha de transmissão elétrica, 13°23’45.97’’S, 41°13’51.33’’W, 1032 m, 1 May 2013, C.M. Siniscalchi & C.T. Oliveira 349 (holotype: SPF [SPF239900]; isotypes: UEC, US).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Bahia , restrict to Ibicoara region). Campo rupestre.

Taxonomic notes: —Known from only two collections. Lychnophora spiciformis superficially resembles L. souzae Robinson (1980b: 104) by its slender habit and pseudoterminal congested spike-like inflorescence. Nonetheless, L. souzae differs by a syncephalium as unit of the inflorescence (vs. head or glomerule of heads), outer pappus setose (vs. paleaceous) and obtriangular pad-like leaf sheath (vs. leaf sheath absent). Due the presence of a leaf sheath, L. souzae is not placed in Lychnophora in the present work but the Incertae Sedis section.

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia :Ibicoara, Chapada Diamantina,Estrada para Cachoeira do Buracão, área com elevações, sob linha de transmissão elétrica, 13°23’45.97’’ S, 41°13’51.33’’ W, 1032 m, 21 November 2013, C.M. Siniscalchi et al. 409 (SPF, UFP).

Robinson, H. (1980 b) New species of Vernonieae (Asteraceae). VI. Lychnophora souzae. Phytologia 46: 104 - 106.

Siniscalchi, C. M., Loeuille, B., Semir, J. & Pirani, J. R. (2016) Lychnophora spiciformis (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), a new species from Bahia, Brazil. Phytotaxa 253: 48 - 56. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / phytotaxa. 253.1.3