Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, south to Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz).
0–1000 m.
July–January, although possibly flowering throughout the year.
Vernacular names: ENXUGA, ERVA-PREÁ, ERVA-SÃO-SIMÃO (Cabrera & Klein, 1980); HIERBA DE SAN SIMÓN (Freire et al.,
2006).
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. centriflora (Link & Otto) DC., Prodr. 5: 42 (1836) = Vernonia
scorpioides (Lam.) Pers.
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. cincta (Griseb.) Cabrera, Darwiniana 6(3): 338 (1944) = Vernonia cincta
Griseb.
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. ? longifolia DC., Prodr. 5: 42 (1836) = Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers.
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. ? longiracemosa DC., Prodr. 5: 42 (1836) = Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.)
Pers.
*Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. sororia (DC.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 101 (1873), given by Robinson
as Lepidaploa sororia (only recorded for Brazil: Espirito Santo & Rio de Janeiro) is not considered a synonym
of Vernonia scorpioides. Foster‘s (1958) reference to this species is probably based on Herzog 1670 (q.v.
Koster, 1945: 642).
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. subrepanda (Pers.) DC., Prodr. 5: 42 (1836) = Vernonia scorpioides
(Lam.) Pers.
Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. var. ? subtomentosa DC., Prodr. 5: 42 (1836) = Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.)
Pers.
*Vernonia senecionifolia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 331 (1891) = Quechualia fulta (Griseb.) H. Rob.
Vernonia sericea L. C. Rich. var. tarijensis Griseb., Anh. Königl. Ges. Wis. Göttingen 24: 163 (1879) = Vernonia
tarijensis (Griseb.) Hieron.
Vernonia sessiliflora [Willd. ex] Less., Linnaea 4(3): 309 (1829) = Vernonia remotiflora Rich.
*Vernonia setososquamosa Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22(4–5): 684 (1897) = Vernonia remotiflora Rich.
*Vernonia simplex Less., Linnaea 4(2): 280 (1829). Types: ‗Quas inventor ipse pro formis ejusdem speciei
habens sub eodem numero misit. – E Brasilia tropica misit Sellow spec. .‘ Note: This whole citation
appeared immediately after ‗var. 2) latifolia’. Note: Jones (1981: 216) incorrectly stated ‗HOLOTYPE: probably
not extant‘ since Lessing clearly indicated his description was based on several specimens. Neotype (selected
by Jones, 1981: 216): ‗BRAZIL: Sellow 1831‘, G-DC (‗as microfiche‘);
Vernonia simplex Less. var. 1) angustifolia Less., Linnaea 4(2): 281 (1829). Type: not cited, but see under species.
Neotype (selected by Jones, 1981: 216): ‗BRAZIL. SÃO PAULO, Pickel 1456‘, US.
Vernonia simplex Less. var. 2) latifolia Less., Linnaea 4(2): 281 (1829). Type: not cited, but see under species.
Neotype (selected by Jones, 1981: 216): ‗BRAZIL. GOIÁS: Gardner 3251‘, NY (00277678); isoneotypes: BM,
BR, F, G, K, NY (00277679), P, S.
Vernonia erigerontis Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 5: 43 (1836), nom. nud. pro syn. sub V. simplex
Vernonia simplex Less. var. regnellii Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(2): 53 (1873). Types: [Brazil:] ‗Habitat in prov.
Minas Geraës, e. gr. in campis prope Caldas: Regnell III. 656 ex parte; Serra de Capivary: Sello; et in prov. S.
Paulo, in campis ad Mugi: Lund.‘ Lectotype (selected by Jones, 1981: 216): ‗BRAZIL. MINAS GERAIS: Regnell
no. III 656‘, BR; isolectotypes: P, S, SP. Note: Anderberg et al., 1996: 167 gave the isolectotype in S as
‗Regnell III 656a‘
Cacalia simplex (Less.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 971 (1891).
Vernonia sulcata Glaz., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56, Mém. 3d: 373 (1909), nom. nud.
Lessingianthus simplex (Less.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 101(4): 950 (1988).
Chrysolaena simplex (Less.) Dematteis, Ann. Bot. Fenn. 44(1): 62 (2007).
Bolivia (Bení, La Paz, Santa Cruz), Brazil.
La Paz: Franz Tamayo, 2020 m, 12/2/2002, Miranda et al. 396 (K, LPB, MO).
Vernacular name: CAMBARAZINHO (Cabrera & Klein, 1980).
Cerrado, campos rupestres, grassland.
1259–2020 m.
June–February.
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