Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernonia psilophylla DC. var. megaphylla Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(2): 49 (1873). Types: ‗Habitat in Serra de
Clahura, prov. (?): Sello. Praeterea legit Lund, verisimiliter in prov. S. Paulo (Herb. Warming).‘
Cacalia psilophylla (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 971 (1891).
Lessingianthus psilophyllus (DC.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 101(4): 947 (1988).
Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil.
Note: Dematteis (2008) has pointed out salient differences between Vernonia graminifolia Gardner and the
more widespread V. psilophylla; the two species are maintained separate here. Vernonia linariifolia is not
mentioned in Robinson (1988, 1999).
Vernonia psilophylla DC. [var.] ? leiolepis DC., Prodr. 5: 28 (1836) = Vernonnia psilophylla DC.
Vernonia psilophylla DC. var. megaphylla Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(2): 49 (1873) = Vernonnia psilophylla DC.
Vernonia psilophylla DC. [var.] ? paulina DC., Prodr. 5: 28 (1836) = Vernonnia psilophylla DC.
Vernonia purpusii Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 197 (1915) = Vernonia canescens Kunth
*Vernonia pycnantha Benth., Pl. Hartweg. : 134 (1844) = Critoniopsis pycnantha (Benth.) H. Rob. – but see note
under Critoniopsis
Vernonia quindecimflora Sch.Bip., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 81 (1865); Linnaea 34(5) 535 (1865), nom. nud.
(based on Mandon 235) = Vernonia obovata Less.
Vernonia radula Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 5: 52 (1836) = Vernonia glabrata Less.
*Vernonia remotiflora Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 112 (1792). Type: not cited. Note: Pruski (1998: 480)
selected ‗FRENCH GUIANA. Cayenne: 1792, LeBlond 136‘ as the lectotype in G; isolectotype: US (ex P).
?Vernonia ovata Less., Linnaea 4(3): 294 (1829). Types: ‗E Brasilia misit Sellow. (v. sp. 2.)‘. Syntypes: Bú.
Vernonia sessiliflora [Willd. ex] Less., Linnaea 4(3): 309 (1829). Type: ‗(W. herb. N. 14830.) ... Hoffmannsegg e
Brasilia reportavit. – (v.sp. 1.)‘. Holotype: B-W.
Vernonia tricholepis DC., Prodr. 5: 54 (1836). Types: ‗K? in siccis insulae Cayennae (Leprieur! [Synanthera N. 2])
et in montosis prope Rio de Contas prov. Bahiensis Brasilieae (Martius). Vern. patula Mart.! herb. .... (v.s.)‘.
Syntype: Leprieur 2, G-DC. Syntype: Martius, M; isosyntype: G-DC (two flowering shoots).
Vernonia acilepis Benth. in Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852(5-7): 68 (1852)[1853].
Type: ‗Voxer imellem Graesset i Savannerne paa Skraaningen af Vulkanen Masaya (c. 2000'); blomstrer i
December.‘ Holotype: ?C.
Vernonia lithospermoides Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 66 (1873). Type: ‗Habitat in jugo montium ad Pedra
Branca prope Caldas prov. Minas Geraës: Regnell III. 658.‘ Holotype: location unknown.
Vernonia hirtiflora Sch.Bip. ex Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 70 (1873). Types: ‗Habitat in paludosis prope
Paranagoa prov. Piauhy: Gardner 1642; loco Brasiliae non indicato: Pohl 655.‘ Syntypes: K.
*Vernonia setososquamosa Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22(4–5): 684 (1897). Types: [Argentina: ] ‗Tucuman: bei los
Nogales nörlich von der Stadt Tucuman (LOR.[ENTZ] u. HIERON.[YMUS], 14. Dec. 1873, n. 972). Salta: bei
Nogalitos am Rio Yadasco (LOR.[ENTZ] u. HIERON.[YMUS], 7./8. Febr. 1873, n. 1205).‘
Cacalia acilepis (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).
Cacalia hirtiflora (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891).
Cacalia lithospermoides (Baker) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 970 (1891).
Cacalia remotiflora (Rich.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 971 (1891).
Cacalia sessiliflora ([Willd. ex] Less.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 971 (1891).
Vernonia remotiflora Rich. var. aristifera Cabrera, Darwiniana 6: 326 (1944). Type: [Argentina:] ‗Salta: Dep.
Orán, Campo Grande, S. Venturi 5534, 23-XI-1927‘. Syntypes: ‗SI, LIL.‘ Note: Cabrera recognized that this
variety was part of Vernonia setososquamosa Hieron and included the Lorentz & Hieronymus syntype as one
of the paratypes: ‗Nogalitos, cerca del rìo Yadasco, P. G. Lorentz et G. Hieronymus 1205, II-1873 (Cotipo de
V. setososquamosa Hieron.: CORD.).‘
Lepidaploa remotiflora (Rich.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 103(2): 491 (1990).
Vernonia leonensis Cabrera, Candollea 54(1): 105 (1999). Type: ‗PARAGUAY. Chaco: ―Cerro Leñn, desde
lomada al S hasta meseta central‖, 18.V.1988, Charpin, A. & L. Ramella 21749‘. Holotype: G; isotype: SI.
Argentina, Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil, Cayenne, Guyana, Paraguay, Venezuela.
September–February, but probably flowering throughout the year.
Note: Robinson (1999: 97) queried V. leonensis Cabrera and suggested its synonymy with V. remotiflora.
Cabrera & Dematteis (2009) provided a narrower view of V. remotiflora, separating out V. setososquamosa
Hieron. (restricted to Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay).