Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

0–1400 m.
January.
Mikania pastazae B. L. Rob., Contr. Gray Herb. 73: 29 (1924) = Mikania lindleyana DC.
Mikania pellucidivenia Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 474 (1905) = Mikania haenkeana DC.
*Mikania pennellii B. L. Rob., Contr. Gray Herb. 61: 19 (1920). Type: ‗COLOMBIA: shaded roadside between
Villavicencio and ―Buenavista,‖ Intendencia Meta, alt. 700-900 m., Dr. F. W. Pennell, no. 1649‘. Syntypes: GH
(10422), NY (00230552).
Bolivia (?La Paz), Colombia.
Note: Robinson (1923: 40) noted under Mikania pennellii that the species had been found amongst Buchtien
collections ‗recently purchased by the United States National Herbarium. It proves, in fact, to be the plant
collected by Dr. Buchtien at San Carlos near Mapiri, Bolivia, as his no. 1554, and reported in his Contrib. Fl.
Boliv. i. 190 (1910) as M. hastata (L.) Willd., of which the determination was doubted on geographic ground
by the writer …‘
*Mikania periplocifolia Hook. & Arn., Companion Bot. Mag. 1(No. 8): 243 (1836). Type: [Argentina:]
‗Marshes about Buenos Ayres and Rio Grande, Tweedie.‘
Mikania auricularis Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19([1]): 170 (1874); Pl. Lorentz.: 123 (1874).
Type: [Argentina: ] ‗Cordoba, in fruticetis et sepibus pr. urbem, floribus suaveolentibus.‘ Holotype: Lorentz
244, GOET (6072).
Willoughbya scandens (L.) Kuntze var. periplocifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 372 (1891).
Mikania niederleinii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22(4–5): 792 (1897). Type: [Argentina] ‗Misiones: auf dem Cerro
de Santa Ana (NIEDERL., 17. März 1884, n. 143).‘ Holotype: Bú.
Mikania scandens (L.) Kuntze var. sagittifolia Hassl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12(22/24): 368 (1913). Type:
[Paraguay:] ‗Gran Chaco: Herba scandens inter gamina 0,5–1 m longa, in campis humidis Loma Clavel,
flor. mens. Nov.; Hassler no. 2494.‘ Holotype: G.
Argentina, Bolivia (?), Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Chaco – ‗Bosque chaqueðo mal drenado sin palma Sañ‘ [Poorly-drained Chaco woodland without palms].
Vernacular names: ENTREDADERA DE CAMPO, GUACO, GUACO DEL RÍO, LOCONTE, NAKOLÓ, TAPA CERCO (Freire et al., 2006).
Mikania perstipulata W. Holmes, Phytologia 58(4): 243 (1985). Type: Bolivia. Cochabamba, Incachaca, small
power station about 80 miles NE of Cochabamba, 17-00 S, 65-30 W, 8000 ft., 16 Aug 1950, W. M. A. Brooke
6717.‘ Holotype: BM.
Bolivia (Cochabamba).
2400 m.
August.
*Mikania phyllopoda Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19([1]): 170 (1874); Pl. Lorentz.: 122 (1874) =
Mikania urticifolia Hook. & Arn.
Mikania pilosa Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 234 (1876) = Mikania banisteriae DC.
*Mikania platyphylla DC., Prodr. 5: 195 (1836) = Mikania hookeriana DC.
Mikania poeppigii Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 422 (1826) = Mikania cordifolia (L.f.) Willd.
Mikania polybotrys G. Don ex Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 266 (1876), nom. nud. pro syn. = *Mikania
psilostachya DC.
Mikania polystachya DC., Prodr. 5: 190 (1836) = *Mikania psilostachya DC.
*Mikania psilostachya DC., Prodr. 5: 190 (1836). Type: ‗LZ in Peruviâ ex coll. Poeppig.[2344] ... (v.s. comm. à cl.
invent.)‘. Holotype: G-DC.
Mikania polystachya DC., Prodr. 5: 190 (1836). Type: ‗LZ in convallibus et paludosis circa Bahiam legerunt cl.
Salzmann [11] et Blanchet (n. 1033 et 1885!). ... (v.s.)‘. Syntypes: G-DC. Isosyntypes: Salzmann 11, K 2.
Mikania scabra DC., Prodr. 5: 190 (1836). Type: ‗LZ in Cayennâ olim legit cl. Patris (v.s.)‘. Holotype: G-DC.
Mikania racemulosa Benth., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2(8): 109 (Oct. 1838), non Klatt (1882)(= M. nigropunctulata
Hieron.). Type: ‗British Guiana. Schomburgk, n. 480.‘ Holotype: K; isotype: US.
‗Mikania racemulosa Benth., J. Bot. (Hooker) 2(9): 41 (1840)‘. Note: Cited by King & Robinson (1987) this is
actually a reptition of the earlier protologue, q.v.