Baccharoides benguellensis (Hiern) H. Rob., Skvarla & V.A. Funk, 2016

Robinson, Harold, Skvarla, John J. & Funk, Vicki A., 2016, Vernonieae (Asteraceae) of southern Africa: A generic disposition of the species and a study of their pollen, PhytoKeys 60, pp. 49-126 : 57

Baccharoides benguellensis (Hiern) H. Rob., Skvarla & V.A. Funk comb. nov.

Vernonia benguellensis Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 536. 1898.

Vernonia limosa O. Hoffm. in Warburg, Kunene-Sambesi Exped. 400. 1903.

Distribution.

Angola, also cited from SW Africa, but that locality probably not intended in the restricted sense.

Note.

The species is known from photographs of types and from descriptions deposited at US by C.E. Smith. The type photographs - as well as Fig. 1 B (for corollas) - clearly show the corolla form and flattened pappus bristles of Baccharoides , and the species is not accounted for elsewhere. The type specimen of Vernonia benguelensis is collected in Angola, ad lacum de Ivantola, Feb. 1860, Welwitsch 3276b (BM, photo seen). The lectotype of Vernonia limosa is cited as Südwest Afrika, am Longa unterh. Chijija, Jan. 1900, Baum 624 (BM, photo seen; Smith 1917). This locality is situated in Angola ( Figueiredo et al. 2009).

Figures

Figure 1. Photographs of Baccharoides, Bothriocline, and Vernonia potamophila. Baccharoides adoensis (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. A Habit B Close up of flowering head: note that the corollas are narrowed near the apex and have an lengthened throat that is much longer than the short lobes and the involucral bracts have a differentiated margin that is often pale or reddish; Bothriocline laxa N. E. Br. C Immature heads; Vernonia potamophila Klatt. D Image of herbarium specimen (PRE). See Appendix C for citation details.