Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

3. (2) Apices of outer phyllaries recurved; pappus of rayed florets almost as long as corolla tube of
these florets
M. lanata
Apices of outer phyllaries not or scarcely recurved; pappus of rayed florets half as long or
much shorter than corolla tube of these florets 4
4. (3) Involucre 35–60 mm tall; phyllary margins not ciliate-lannose, outer phyllaries obtuse
M. acuminata
Involucres 30–35 mm tall; phyllary margins ciliate-lannose
M. vicia
5. (1) Capitula with isomorphic corollas, all hermaphrodite, corollas bilabiate or rayed; shrubs;
leaves lacking tendril (sect. Isantha) 6
Capitula heterogamous, marginal florets female, sub-ligulate/rayed, disc florets
hermaphrodite, bilabiate 7
6. (5) Florets 15–20 per capitulum; leaves broad-lanceolate or elliptic M. kurtzii
Florets 5–8 per capitulum; leaves linear or narrowly-lanceolate
M. orbignyana
7. (5) Leaves subulate, margins revolute, with or without a terminal tendril (sect. Hoplophyllum)
M. friesiana
Leaves lanceolate or ovate 8
8. (7) Shrubs; leaves lanceolate, entire demtate or partite, without tendril (sect. Fruticosa) 9
Climbing or scandent plants; leaves usually with tendrils (sect. Guariruma) 11
9. (8) Leaves pectinate-lobate M. comptoniifolia
Leaves entire or dentate 10
10. (9) Female florets 6; corollas white, ray well developed; leaves 2–6 mm wide M. ledifolia
Female florets few (sometimes absent), almost equal to hermaphrodite; leaves 5–10 mm wide
M. homoeantha
11. (8) Leaves dentate, at least in lower half; phyllary apices lanose M. lanigera
Leaves entire (or at most with one or two lobes at base); phyllary apices glabrous 12
12. (11) Leaves short-petioalte, base sagittate M. cochabambense
Leaves sessile, rarely subpetiolate, but then base rounded 13
13. (12) Capitula large, involucres 50 mm tall 30–35 mm diam. M. mandoniana
Capitula smaller, involucres 25–45 mm tall 12–25 mm diam.
M. andersonii
Mutisia acuminata Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. : 192 (1798). Type/s: ‗Habitat in umbrosis et
praeruptis Provinciarum Tarmae, Huarocherí et Caxatambo ad Cheuchin vicum. Floret à Majo ad
Augustum.‘ Cabrera (1965: 57) cited the ‗holotype‘ as ‗Ceuchin 1779 mayo‘ in MA, and a possible isotype in
BM (‗Ex Perö. Ruiz et Pavñn.). The holotype appears as the first image marked as A6 on the microfiche sheet
294 of the Ruiz & Pavón herbarium; the second image A6 appears to be a duplicate of the first, and the third
image a continuation of the profuse notes on this plant.
*Mutisia viciifolia [as viciaefolia] Cav., Icon. 5: 62, tab. 490 (1799). Type: ‗Mutisia. Nee herbar. … Habitat prope
Valparaiso in Regno chilensi, floretque Martio. Vidi siccam in dicto herbario.‘ Holotype: MA (476009 –
sheet shown in Fiche 50/C8). Note: There are two sheets in MA which correspond to this name, 476009
(Fiche 50/C7) with only a typewritten label, and a second, also numbered 476009 (Fiche 50/C8) on which
there is a handwritten label.
Mutisia peduncularis Cav., Icon. 5: 62, tab. 491 (1799). Type: ‗Mutisia. Nee herb. … Habitat prope oppidum
peruvianum S. Buenaventura. Floret Iulio. Vidi siccam apud D. Ludovicum Née.‘ Holotype: MA (476004 –
Fiche 50/C2).
Mutisia viciifolia Ruiz & Pav. var. genuina Wedd., Chloris Andina 1: 15 (1855), based on Mutisia viciifolia
Cav.
Cabrera (1978: 600) merged the variety paucijuga under the species in his account for Jujuy in Argentina.
However, this appeared to indicate that this variety occurred only in Argentina!
var. acuminata
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba), Peru.
1000–4000 m.
November–March.
var. candolleana (Gardner) Cabrera, Opera Lilloana 13: 60 (1965).
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