Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Nesom, G. L. (1994). Apopyros (Asteraceae. Astereae), a new genus from southern Brazil, Argentina, and
Paraguay. Phytologia 76(2): 176–184.
Solbrig, O. T. (1962). The South American species of Erigeron. Contr. Gray Herb. 191: 3–82.
Teles, A. M., Sobral, M. & J. R. Stehmann. (2008). Synopsis of Leptostelma (Asteraceae: Astereae). Compositae
Newslett. 46: 1–7.
Kew to species
Ray limbs 2–5 mm, yellow; inflorescences compact; capitula sessile or short-pedicellate (2–60
mm); plants often with a conspicuous basal rosette of leaves
L. tweediei
Ray limbs (10–) 12–15 mm long, white; inflorescences lax and open; capitula long-pedicellate
(20–150 mm); plants lacking a true basal rosette of leaves L. maximum
Leptostelma maximum D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard., ser. 2, 1 [vol. 4 of whole work]: 38 (March 1830).
Type: ‗ ―A native of Mexico; a plant of which was obtained by Mr Hunnemann, in the Autumn of 1827, from
the Berlin Botanic Garden, for Robert Barclay, Esq. in whose collection it flowered last Autumn. ... ― ‗ Note:
Teles et al. (2008) have suggested that the type may well be in B, which if true it is unlikely to be extant. It is
more likely that if a specimen was made it would have been in either David Don‘s collection (which is
supposed to be in BM) or in Sweet‘s own collection which is largely in CGE. However, two other points are
worth considering. Firstly, Robert Barclay, who died in October 1830, had an extensive garden and, bearing
in mind the suggested date for the flowering of this plant (c. 1829), it is likely that Don described it from that
material. Secondly, there is a specimen in K (ex herb. Benthamianum – of two flowering branches and one
large leaf) which has ‗Erigeron maximum/Hort Soc. Hort. Lond 1830/Leptostelma gigantea/D. Don MSS!‘
written in Bentham‘s hand on the sheet. This suggests that Bentham was aware of Don‘s manuscript,
although it appears that Don changed the name. Since there is a suggestion that the plant used for drawing
the plate in the British Flower Garden was a perennial it is highly likely that it is the same stock as Barclay‘s.
Aster maximum (D. Don) Less., Syn. Gen. Comp. : 182 (1832).
Erigeron maximus (D. Don) DC., Prodr. 5: 284 (1836).
Erigeron sulcatum DC., Prodr. 5: 284 (1836). Types: ‗K? in Brasiliae pascuis uliginosis legit cl. Lund. ... (v. s.
comm. à cl. inventore et ex prov. Sancti-Pauli in h. Mus. reg. Par. à Mus. imp. Bras. sub n. 401 miss.)‘. Note:
The G-DC microfiche shows two specimens with this name, one undoubtedly equivalent to Mus. imp.
Bras. 401, yet this is unnumbered; the original syntype is in P. The other specimen is clearly a Lhotsky
collection, Lhotsky 101, Sept. 1831, from ‗Serra das Orgaos‘, Rio de Janeiro, and not a Lund collection, unless
this was sent on loan to de Candolle.
Erigeron (Euerigeron) palustre Gardner, London J. Bot. 4: 123 (1845). Type: [Brazil:] ‗[Gardner] 507. ... Hab. In
marshes, common on the Organ Mountains, at an elevation of about 3000 feet. Fl. March and April.‘ Solbrig
(1962: 11) cited ‗Holotype BM!, Isotype BM!, GH!, K!‘
Erigeron (Euerigeron) alpestre Gardner, London J. Bot. 4: 123 (1845). Type: [Brazil:] ‗[Gardner] 5787. ... HAB.
Moist bushy places on the Organ Mountains at an elevation of about 6000 feet.‘ Solbrig (1962: 11) cited
‗Holotype BM!, Isotype K! GH!‘
Erigeron (Euerigeron) scaberrimum Gardner, London J. Bot. 7: 80 (1848). Type: [Brazil:] ‗[Gardner] 4923. ... HAB.
In marshy Campos near Villa do Principe, Province of Minas Geraës. Aug., 1840.‘ Solbrig (1962: 12) cited
‗Holotype BM!; Isotype K!‘
Erigeron maximus (D. Don) DC. var. palustris (Gardner) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 28 (1882).
Erigeron maximus (D. Don) DC. var. minor Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 28 (1882). Types: ‗in prov. S. Paulo
prope Morumbi: Burchell n. 4339!; inter S. Bernardo et urbem S. Paulo: Burchell n. 4004; in prov. Minas
Geraës, Campo do Silveiro, Itatiaia: Glaziou n. 6583!; praeterea: Sello n. 2220! 4574! Note: Very strangely,
Solbrig (1962: 12) cited ‗Gardner 4923‘ as the basis for ‗Erigeron schuchtii var. minor Baker‘, having already
cited this collection as the type of Erigeron scaberrimum Gardner. Baker (1882: 28) mentioned this Gardner
collection agains the typical species, not this variety and, incidentally, Baker most certainly did not cite this
species (just ‗Erigeron schuchii Schultz Bip.‘ – but under the species synonymy), nor this variety under it;
Baker actually described the variety as new. Schultz Bipontinus‘ name, a nom. nud., was provided as ‗E.
schüchtii‘ in Linnaea 22: 571 (1849), referring to ‗Regnell I. 202‘.
Note: The following synonym has been referred to this name by Solbrig: ‗Erigeron catharinensis Cabrera,
Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 15: 75 (1957).‘ Type: ‗Brasil – Santa Catarina: Campos dos Padres, Bom
Retiro, 2000 m. s. m., leg. R. Reitz, 2341, 15-II-1948‘ Holotype: LP; isotype: HBR. However, Teles et al. (2008)