Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

*Liabum jelskii Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(5): 499 (1905). Type: ‗Peruvia: crescit prope Cutervo (J.[elski] n. 716,
m. Majo 1879).‘ Holotype: Bú.
Bolivia (?), Peru. Note: It remains to be seen if, as Foster suggested, that the species is to be found in Bolivia.
3000–3500 m.
May.
Note: Dillon & Hensold (1993) oddly listed Liabum jelskii as a synonym of Paranephelius ferreyrii H. Rob.
(1977). Since Liabum jelskii was validly published, to list it as a synonym of a later species is contrary to the
Code.
Paranephelius ovatus Wedd., Chloris Andina 1: 214 (1855). Types: ‗P. ovatifolius Asa Gray, mscr., in Herb.
Mus. par., et Bot. Amer. Exped., ined. … Hab. PÉROU: Cordillères des départements de Cuzco! de Lima! et de
Puno!, dans les endroits pierreux et humides, à 4000 mètres et au-dessus (Dombey, Pavon, Gay, Wedd.). –
BOLIVIE: punas de la province de Cinti!, avec le précédent [i.e. P. uniflorus] (Wedd.).‘ Note: The Pavon
isosyntype collection in MA (C6 on microfiche sheet 292 of the Ruiz & Pavón herbarium) is numbered ‗F. P.
C. I. No. 101‘.
*Liabum ovatum (Wedd.) Ball, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22(No. 141): 46 (1885).
*Liabum ovatum (Wedd.) Ball var. hirtum Perkins, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49(2): 229 (1913). Type: ‗Bolivien: Palca-La
Paz, 4600 m ü. M. (K. PFLANZ n. 218. – Im Dezember 1907 blùhend).‘ Holotype: Bú
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Santa Cruz), Peru.
Puna Peruana, alpine grassland, sometimes heavily grazed, damp areas, clearings in cloud forest.
2500–4600 m.
November–April.
Paranephelius uniflorus Poepp., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 42, tab. 248 (1843). Type: ‗Crescit locis frigidissimis
glareosis Andium peruvianorum, Sierra la Viuda (15,200 ped. elev.). Junio florenten legimus.‘
*Liabum uniflorum (Poepp.) Sch.Bip., Flora 36: 34 (1853).
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Potosí), Peru.
Rocky slopes, Puna Peruana.
3000–4500 m.
February–June.
Parastrephia Nutt., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 7: 449 (1841).
Dolichogyne sect. Tola Wedd., Chloris Andina 1: 182 (1856). Type: not cited.
Polycladus [as Polyclados] Phil., Fl. Atacam.: 34 (1860); Reise Atacama : 208 (1860). Type: Polycladus cupressinus
Phil. = Parastrephia quadrangularis (Meyen) Cabrera
Type: Parastrephia ericoides Nutt. = Baccharis phyliciformis Meyen = Parastrephia phyliciforme (Meyen) Cabrera
Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera.
Note: Nesom (1993) in sinking Parastrephia phyliciforme into P. lucida and recognized the type as Parastrephia
ericoides Nutt. = Parastrephia lucida (Meyen) Cabrera.
References
Bonifacino, J. M. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the Chiliotrichum group sensu stricto (Compositae: Astereae).
Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 92: i–vi, 1–119.
Cabrera, A. L. (1945). Sinopsis del género Lepidophyllum (Compositae). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 1(1): 48–58.
Cabrera, A. L. (1954). Las especies del género Nardophyllum. Notas Mus. La Plata, Bot. 17(No. 83): 55–66.
Nesom, G. L. (1993). Synopsis of Parastrephia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 75(5): 347–357.
Paucar, A. G. (2000). Diplostephium tovari Cuatrecasas, a new synonym for Parastrephia lucida (Meyen)
Cabrera (Compositae-Astereae). Compositae Newslett. 35: 44–47.
Key to species (following Nesom, 1993)
1. Leaves 2.0–2.5 mm long, deltate-ovate and nearly flat, tightly appressed to stem, seemingly
sunken in dense white stem tomentum; stem outline almost terete
P. teretiuscula