Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Roadsides, secondary scrub.
1000–1100 m.
March–April.
Note: Williams 1609, which is clearly this species, is from Machichoirisa [sic!] Aug 3, [19]02, is most probably
in the area of Apolo, Dept. La Paz (cf. Dorr, 1991).
Verbesina linifolia L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1226 (1759), nom. superfl. = Pectis linifolia L.
*Verbesina macrophylla (Cass.) S. F. Blake, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 430 (1924).
Ditrichum macrophyllum Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 59 (1818). Type: ‗... (dans l‘échantillon
incomplet) ... Je l‘ai analysée dans l‘herbier de M. de Jussieu, o÷ elle est étiquetée avec doute, d‘après Vahl,
Conyza lobata, L.‘ Holotype: P-JU.
Verbesina diversifolia DC., Prodr. 5: 615 (1836). Type/s?: ‗ Kcirca Bahiam Brasiliae leg. cl. Blanchet [1652, 1799]
et Salzmann [17]. ... (v.s.)‘ Syntypes: G-DC. Isosyntypes: Salzmann 17, K 2.
Verbesina lancifolia Gardner, London J. Bot. 7: 406 (1848). Type: ‗Hab. Bushy places near the city of Bahia.
Sept. 1838.‘ [Gardner] 875.
Bolivia (La Paz, Tarija), Brazil.
Roadsides, disturbed ground.
Probably flowering sporadically throughout the year.
[Section 11 Ochractinia B. L. Rob. & Greenm. – Heads small; rays white or nearly so; leaves alternate.]
Note: Olsen (1985) keyed out and cited 'Verbesina macrophylla (Cass.) S. F. Blake var. integrifolia Baker in
Mart., Fl. Bras. IV, p. 214 (1882–1884)‘ a taxon that was clearly never published by Baker! Baker merely
commented after the specimen citations that the Lhotsky 521 collection had entire leaves – and called it a
form. There is also material in NY determined as V. macrophylla var. rusbyi Olsen; I am unable to find if this
has been validly published. Olsen (1985: 63) also dismissed Hassler‘s V. diversifolia DC. subsp. macrantha as
being referrable to this species, noting the type was ‗past flower and now appears discoid.‘
Verbesina macrophylla (Cass.) S. F. Blake var. nelidae (Cabrera) Olsen, Pl. Syst. Evol. 149(1–2): 54 (1985) =
Verbesina nelidae Cabrera
Verbesina mandonii Sch.Bip., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 79 (1865); Linnaea, 33(5): 528 (Feb. 1866), nom. nud.
(based on Mandon 58) = ?Verbesina mandonii Sch.Bip. ex B. L. Rob. & Greenm. – see note below, since
Mandon 58 is clearly Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze.
*Verbesina mandonii Sch.Bip. ex B. L. Rob. & Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 547 (1899). Types: ‗Andes
of Bolivia, in woods, La Paz, altitude 2,600 to 3,700 m., January, 1861, G. Mandon, no. 57 in herb Gray;
October, 1895, Rusby, no. 1721; 1889, Bang, no. 4.‘ Syntypes: NY – Bang 4 2, Mandon 57 3 (00274448,
00274449), Rusby 1721 3 (00274451 – ex Columbia College Herbarium), (00274450 – ex Princeton University
Herbarium), (00274453 – ex College of Pharmacy Herbarium). The fragmentary material in US (01803303)
suggests that this is Mandon 58, agreeing with the following note. Note: Schultz Bipontinus (1865: 79) listed
Mandon 57 against Flaveria contrayerba. One NY duplicate (00274447) is Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze and not a
Verbesina.
Verbesina mandonii Sch.Bip., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 79 (1865); Linnaea, 33(5): 528 (Feb. 1866), nom. nud.
(based on Mandon 58). Note: This may well be where Robinson & Greeman obtained their name, yet
material of Mandon 58 is quite clearly of Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze!
Bolivia (La Paz).
2600–3700 m.
October.
Note: The Mandon 57 syntypes in NY are of two differing taxa. NY 00274447 is Flaveria bidentis, as noted by
Nee; the other two, NY 00274448, 0027449 are of Verbesina mandonii, sugesting that there may well have been
an initial transposition of the numbers in Schultz Bipontinus list, or a mixing of materials when the
duplicates were distributed. Nees annotation on Rusby 1722 would suggest that V. mandonii is yet another
synonym of V. boliviana Klatt. Olsen (1985) makes no comment on V. mandonii.
[Section 8. Verbesinaria DC.]