Zornia contorta Mohlenbr., Webbia

Zornia contorta Mohlenbr., Webbia 16 (1): 117. 1961. Fig. S2 Type: ARGENTINA. Salta: Dpto. Orán, San Andrés, 18 April 1945, Pierotti 1238 (holotype LIL–000654!) Shrub to ca. 80 cm tall. Stems decumbent, branched, glabrous to sericeous. Leaves with 2 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 5–22 × 3–11 mm, ovate to lanceolate, sericeous to glabrous. Stipules ovate to elliptic, 5–6 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 15 cm long. Bracteoles 6–8 × 4–6 mm, ovate, 5–7 veined, punctate, sericeous, green. Loment with 6–8 articles; articles 2 × 2 mm, reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 1 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala. It occurs at high elevation (approx. 1800 meters) of Montane Grassland and Savanna. Conservation Status: Near Threatened (NT). The distribution of Zornia contorta is fragmented, covering AOO of only 136 km ², while its EOO is 2,835,852.658 km ². Notes: Zornia contorta may be mistaken for Zornia curvata, but it differs mainly by the bracteoles that are ovate and sericeous in Z.contorta vs. elliptic and glabrous in Z.curvata. Representative specimens examined: ARGENTINA. Catamarca: Dep. Ambato, 28 March 1995, C.Saraiva Toledo et al.12961 (K). BOLIVIA. Chuquisaca: ca. 8 km from Sucre on road to Cochabamba on a hill beyond cement factory, 26 March 1995, J.R.I. Wood 9591 (K). BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul: Caçapava do Sul, 13 December 1997, R. Wasum et al. 12237 (NY). GUATEMALA. Quetzaltenango: s.loc., 23 April 1989, H. Förther 2408 (M).