A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) Loeuille, Benoît Semir, João Pirani, José R. Phytotaxa 2019 2019-03-22 398 1 448 450 6VL29 Baker (1873: 144) Baker 144 1873 [162,588,484,509] Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Piptolepis Plantae Asterales 92 Tracheophyta species gardneri   Distribution and habitat:— Brazil( Minas Gerais, in the Serro region). Campo rupestre.  Taxonomic notes:—Known only from two collections. Baker (1873)understood the following commentary of Gardner (1846: 210)under the description of  Vernonia burchellianaas a description of a new species (‘  V. oleasterGardner’) based on the specimen Gardner 4753: ‘Allied to  V. oleaster, DC.(Gardn. n. 4753); but sufficiently distinguished by its much larger leaves, fewer flowers, and longer and more acuminated involucral bracts’. It seems clear to us that Gardner presented a comparison between the new species (  V. burchelliana) and  Vernonia oleasterMart. ex Candolle (1836: 17); in brief, the name ‘  Vernonia oleasterGardner’ has not been validly published. Similar to  Piptolepis monticolaLoeuillein Loeuille et al.(2012b: 14), but the leaves of  P. gardneriare linear-elliptic to linear-oblong (vs. oblanceolate, linear-obovate to spatulate) and not glaucous (vs. glaucous).  Representative specimens:—  BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serro, estrada Serro-Milho Verde, 9 km de Milho Verde, próximo a Três Barras, 18°31’55’’S, 43°26’47’’W,  982 m,  25 May 2009,  M. M . Saavedra et al. 877(HUFU, K, RB, SPF). [384,588,484,509] 1840-08 G, BM, K Brazil Type Gardner Serra do Itambe 92 BM000939725, K000484688, K000484689 2 Minas Gerais lectotype 2009-05-25 M de Milho Verde Brazil 982 -18.531944 Minas Gerais 21 -43.44639 92 1 Minas Gerais