Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Leaves entire to serrate; phyllaries 0.5–2 mm wide; lamina 3-veined from near base or
subpinnately veined 2
2. (1) Leaves 3-veined from base, leaf base usually cordate (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
P. cabrerae
Leaves subpinnately veined, leaf base usually acue to truncate (Mexico to northern South
America, Bolivia, and occasionally cultivated in the USA
P. cummingii
*Pseudogynoxys benthamii sensu Cabrera, Brittonia 7(21): 56 (1950) = Pseudogynoxys cabrerae H. Rob. &
Cuatrec.
Pseudogynoxys cabrerae H. Rob. & Cuatrec., Phytologia 36(3): 182 (1977).
Senecio benthamii sensu Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 318 (1884), non Griseb. [Based on: ‗Habitat in prov.
Minas Geraës, in spibus d S. josé Barbara et in Serra de S. Geraldo: Martius!; in Paraguay, in silvis umbrosis
ad ripas fluminis prope Assomption: Balansa n. 902!; ad insulam Perrito: Gibert n. 1094!‘] Lectotype
(selected by Perret & Martini, 2001: 127): ‗PARAGUAY. Central: ―Tiges grimpantes, fleurs pourpres.
L‘Assomption, sur les berges ombragées du Rio Paraguay‖, VII. 1876, Balansa 902‘, K.
*Pseudogynoxys benthamii sensu Cabrera, Brittonia 7(21): 56 (1950).
Argentina, Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil, Paraguay. Note: This species is also culivated and has been seen
growing in cocoa plantations in Bahia State, Brazil.
Woodland margins, rivurine forest.
90–800 m.
November–August.
Note: Perret & Martini (2001) have argued that the correct name for this taxon is P. benthamii Cabrera.
However, they cited in synonymy P. cabrerae H. Rob. & Cuatrec., noting the holotype ‗ARGENTINA,
Corrientes, Pedersen 1888 (US).‘
Pseudogynoxys cummingii (Benth.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec., Phytologia 36(3): 185 (1977).
Gynoxys cummingii Benth., Vidensk. Meddell. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852(5–7): 106 (1852)[1853].
Type: ‗Jeg fandt denne klattrence Busk i Skovene paa Bjerget Aguacate i Costa-Rica. Cumming fandt den
ved Panama og Friedrichsthal I Guatemala, saa at den altsaa er udbredt over hele Centralamerika.‘
‗Mexico to northern South America, occasionally cultivated in the United States‘ (Pruski, 1996). Bolivia
(Santa Cruz).
Scrub.
500 m.
February–March.
Note: On the basis of Pruski‘s key, two collections (Wood 16095 and 22254) from Bolivia (Santa Cruz), key out
to P. cummingii, although the specimen has several differences from the type material of this species at K, not
least the appearance of the leaves which are pinantely veined, possess a rounded to obtuse lamina base and
margins with few short-mucronate ‗teeth‘.
Pseudogynoxys lobata Pruski, Syst. Bot. 21(1): 104 (1996). Type: ‗Brazil. Rondónia: Municìpio de Juru, BR
364, estrada Cuiabá-Porto Velho, km 428, linha 621, estrada da Pedra Branca, km 40, 3 Jul 1984, C. A. Cid
[Ferreira], J. Lima, J. Guedes & J. Coêlho 5008‘ Holotype: INPA; isotypes: K, NY (00579072), US (03187578).
Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil.
Roadsides in tall evergreen forest.
200–250 m.
June–August.
Pseudonoseris H. Rob. & Brettell, Phytologia 28(1): 59 (1974).
Type: Liabum striatum Cuatrec. = Pseudonoseris striata (Cuatrec.) H. Rob. & Brettell
References
Robinson, H. & R. D. Brettell. (1974). Studies in the Liabeae (Asteraceae). II. Preliminary survey of the genera.
Phytologia 28(1): 43–63.