Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil.
Cerrado, gallery forest margins.
250–400 m.
August–November.
Piptocarpha paraensis Cabrera, Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 15: 73 (1957) = Piptocarpha poeppigiana (DC.)
Baker
Piptocarpha poeppigiana (DC.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): (187).
Vernonia tereticaulis DC., Prodr. 5: 20 (1836). Type: ‗Lin Americâ calidiore? (Nee!), ad Guayaquil (Haenk!) ...
(v.s. in herb. Haenk.)‘. Note: there is only one collection, apparently that of Née, ex herb. Thibaud. The
other syntype would have been seen by de Candolle in material from PR.
Vernonia poeppigiana DC., Prodr. 5: 20 (1836). Type: ‗Lin Peruviâ legit cl. Poeppig. Pl. ign. no. 23 et 1425. ... (v.s.
comm. à cl. Poeppig.)‘. Holotype: G-DC. Note: The label with the specimen has ‗No. 23 Plant. ign./1425‘.
Carphobolus poeppigianus (DC.) Sch.Bip., Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 422 (1863)[30 March 1864].
Carphobolus tereticaulis (DC.) Sch.Bip., Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 422 (1863)[30 March 1864].
Piptocarpha tereticaulis (DC.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 132 (1873).
Piptocarpha chontalensis Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 132 (1873). Types: ‗Nicaragua in ditione Chontales: Ralph
Tate 162, 163, Seemann 110.‘ Lectotype (selected by Jones, 1980: 48): Tate 163, K; isolectotype: BM.
Cacalia poeppigiana (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 971 (1891).
Piptocarpha costaricensis Klatt, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(2): 184 (1892). Types: [Costa Rica:] ‗Hab.:
Lisière d‘un bois à Terreba, 260 m., février 1891 (Pitt. no 3704); forêts de Buenos-Aires, janv. 1892 ([Pittier]
no 4927).‘ Lectotype (selected by Jones 1980: 48): Pittier 4927 – GH (11255); isolectotypes: BR, GH (Pittier
s.n., Jan 1892 – 11256), M.
*Piptocarpha laxa Rusby, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8(No. 28): 123 (1912). Type: [Bolivia:] ‗ ―Charopampa,
1600 ft. alt., Sept. 22, 1901‖ ([R.S. Williams] no. 703).‘ Holotype: NY (00232463); isotypes: BM, K, US
(01134569).
Piptocarpha paraensis Cabrera, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 15: 73 (1957). Type: ‗Habitat: Brasil. – Pará: Rio
Tapajoz, Pimentel, leg. A. Ducke, 21-VIII-1923‘. Holotype: LP; isotype: RB (18449).
Belize, Bolivia (Bení, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.
Forests, forest margins, riversides.
0–1000 m.
July–January.
Note: Smith & Coile (2007: 49) kept Piptocarpha foliosa Cuatrec. as a separate species, unlike Robinson (1999)
who relegated it to synonymy of P. poeppigiana.
Piptocarpha rotundifolia (Less.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 125 (1873).
Vernonia rotundifolia Less., Linnaea 4(2): 254 (1829). Types: ‗E Brasilia trop. misit Sellow Spec. .‘ Syntypes: Bú.
Carphebolus rotundifolius (Less.) Sch.Bip., Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 422 (1863)[30 March 1864].
Vanillosma [sic!] firmum Mart. ex Sch.Bip., Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 424 (1863)[30 March 1864], nom. nud.
pro syn.
Bolivia (Bení, Santa Cruz), Brazil.
Dry forest, rocky soils, sandstone outcrops, cerrado, cerrado on red clay.
(0–)600–1200 m.
September–April.
Piptocarpha tereticaulis (DC.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 131 (1873) = Piptocarpha poeppigiana (DC.) Baker
Piptocarpha vismiifolia Gleason, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 59(6): 372 (1932) = Piptocarpha lechleri (Sch.Bip.) Baker
Piqueria sect. Artemisioides DC., Prodr. 5; 105 (1836) = Ophryosporus Meyen
Piqueria attenuata (DC.) Gardner, London J. Bot. 6: 430 (1847) = Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (D. Don ex
Hook. & Arn.) DC.
Piqueria subcordata (DC.) Gardner, London J. Bot. 6: 430 (1847) = Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (D. Don ex
Hook. & Arn.) DC.
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