A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) Author Loeuille, Benoît Author Semir, João Author Pirani, José R. 1 Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, R. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s / n, CDU, 50670 - 420 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 2 Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C. P. 6109, 13083 - 970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. 3 Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508 - 090, São Paulo, Brazil. 4 Corresponding author: benoit. loeuille @ gmail. com † Deceased November 8, 2018. benoit.loeuille@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2019 2019-03-22 398 1 448 450 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1 1179-3163 13713115 7. Piptolepis leptospermoides (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 17 ) Schultz-Bipontinus (1863: 382) . Vernonia leptospermoides Mart. ex Candolle (1836: 17) . Type:— BRAZIL . Minas Gerais : in editis campis ad Tejuco, Serro Frio, 25 May 1818 , C.F.P. von Martius 1310 (541) ( lectotype : M e ! [M0029434], designated here; isotype : P [P04318894]) ( Fig. 35 C ). Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Minas Gerais , endemic of the Diamantina Plateau). Campo rupestre ; 1100–1550 m . Taxonomic notes: —A species very distinct in the revolute leaf margins, cypsela with pilose furrows and outer pappus shorter than inner series. Resembling Piptolepis glaziouana and P. imbricata : see these species for a discussion of the differences. Representative specimens: — BRAZIL . Minas Gerais : Diamantina , 10 km NE of Diamantina , 4 October 1980 , G . L . Smith et al. 1003 ( GA , RB ). São Gonçalo do Rio Preto , Parque Estadual do Rio Preto , subida para o Pico Dois Irmãos , 1550 m , 10 April 2005 , P . L . Viana & L . E . Lopes 2798 ( BHCB ). Serro , Capivari , na base do Pico do Itambé , 18°23’52”S , 43°23’21’’W , 1212 m , 17 November 2011 , B . Loeuille et al. 581 ( SPF , UFP ) .