Ophryosporus anomalus R.M.King & H.Rob., Phytologia 25: 66. 1972

Merklinger, Felix F. & Luebert, Federico, 2020, Notes on the genus Ophryosporus (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae) in Chile, PhytoKeys 161, pp. 61-77 : 61

Ophryosporus anomalus R.M.King & H.Rob., Phytologia 25: 66. 1972

Typonym: Piqueria cumingii B.L.Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, 42: 11. 1906, non Ophryosporus cumingii Benth. ex Baker (1895: 188, based on Mandon 264 from Bolivia.).

Type.

Chile. Region I Tarapacá and Region II Antofagasta: "Peruvia meridionalis: Cobija, Iquiqui et Arica", H.Cuming 953 (lectotype, selected by Plos and Sancho (2013: 338): K [K000486684, photo!]; isolectotypes E [E00322766, photo!], GH [GH00010778!], K [K000486685, photo!], P [P02673192, photo!]); remaining syntypes: Gaudichaud s.n. (B [probably destroyed, could not be found], F [F1012247, photo!]).

Ophryosporus anomalus has been cited for Peru ( King and Robinson 1972b; Brako and Zarucchi 1993), likely due to the type collection label ("Peruvia meridionalis..."). However, the localities mentioned there ("...Cobija, Iquiqui et Arica") are now situated in Chile, and all other reports originate from the coastal zone around Tocopilla ( Johnston 1932; Jaffuel 1936) and therefore Luebert et al. (2007) considered it a Chilean endemic. We hereby extend the distribution of the species to include the populations from the coastal area between Río Loa and Iquique, previously referred to as O. floribundus ( Muñoz-Schick et al. 2001; Pinto and Luebert 2009). See discussion below under the latter species.

Specimens examined.

Chile. Region I Tarapacá: Prov. Iquique, Alto Punta Gruesa, 20°22'S, 70°09'W, 14 Dec 1997, R. Pinto s.n. (SGO142948); Alto Punta Patache, 20°49'S, 70°09'W, 6 Dec 1997, R. Pinto s.n. (SGO142949); Alto Punta Patache, 22 Jan 2000, R. Pinto s.n. (SGO [photo]); Alto Punta Lobos, 21°02'S, 70°09'W, 14 Jan 1998, R. Pinto s.n. (SGO142950); Alto Chipana, 21°16'S, 70°03'W, 15 Oct 1997, W. Sielfeld 7 (SGO143038); Alto Chipana, 21.304528S, 70.03204W, 990 m, 21 Oct 2016, F. Luebert, A. Stoll & T. Böhnert 3427A (BONN, ULS); Alto Chipana, 21.292633S, 70.042234W, 840 m, 1 Oct 2019, F. Luebert, F.F. Merklinger & J. Ruhm 4102 (BONN, EIF, K). Region II Antofagasta: Prov. Tocopilla, Tocopilla, 27 Oct 1930, F. Jaffuel 1026 (GH); Tocopilla, Cerro Rosario, 1 Nov 1941, M.R. Espinosa s.n. (SGO143254); Cobija, s.a., C. Gaudichaud s.n. (F1012247); Cobija, quebrada Aguada Cañas, 4 Apr 1949, W. Biese 3088 (SGO096693).