Lychnophora granmogolensis (Duarte) Hind (1994: 513)

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

6. Lychnophora granmogolensis (Duarte) Hind (1994: 513) . Haplostephium granmogolense Duarte (1974: 661) . Type:— BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serra do Grão Mogol “ad ripam rivi Itacambira-açú in saxosis areniticis et in savannae petrosis ad viam Cristalia”, 12 November 1970, A.P. Duarte 12957 (holotype: RB [RB00650626]; isotypes: GZU e! [GZU000267234], MO e! [MO2218424], NY [NY001186004, NY00179007], US [ US 01106276], WAG e! [WAG0000588]) ( Fig. 20 F ).

Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Bahia , Minas Gerais). Cerrado and Campo rupestre; 400–1500 m.

Taxonomic Notes: —A widespread species very distinct by its oval to subulate leaves with apices bearing a long pungent mucro and a tuft of long trichomes at the insertion point of the leaf with the stem. The Lychnophora granmogolensis species complex ( L. granmogolensis , L. nanuzae and L. rupestris ) has been studied recently in Semir et al. (2014).

Representative specimens: — BRAZIL. Bahia : Rio de Contas , estrada Rio de Contas–Marcolino Moura, ca. 2.8 km de Rio de Contas, 13°35’40”S, 41°47’17”W, 1050 m, 18 November 2000, F . Juchum et al. 79 ( CEPEC, NY, US). Minas Gerais: Buritizeiro, borda da Chapada dos Gerais , rodovia BR 365 , próximo ao km 204, 19 March 1995, G . Hatschbach & M . Hatschbach 62053 ( MBM, US); Cristália, estrada Grão-Mogol – Cristália, ca. 2–3 km depois a ponte sobre o Rio Itacambiruçu, 16°39’36”S, 42°52’45”W, 705 m, 7 June 2008, B . Loeuille et al. 445 ( SPF) .

Figures

FIGURE 20. Hololepis pedunculata. A.Head.Lychnocephalus sellowii. B. Inflorescence.C. Habit.L.humillimus. D.Habit.L.tomentosus. E. Habit. L. mellobarretoi. F. Inflorescence. A. by P.M. Gonella. B.–C., E.–F. by B. Loeuille. D. by W. Milliken.