Zornia guanipensis Pittier, Bol. Soc. Venez. Cienc. Nat.

Zornia guanipensis Pittier, Bol. Soc. Venez. Cienc. Nat. 6: 194. 1940. Figs 8, S 3 Type: VENEZUELA. Anzoategui: Near El Tigre, Pittier 14315 (holotype US–00001990!) Zornia marajoara Huber, Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 150. 1908. Type: BRAZIL. Pará: Ilha de Marajó, de Miranda 3147 (holotype P– 02142436!; isotypes BM– 000931677!, G–00370147!, US –00001990!). Zornia tenuifolia var. latifolia Benth., C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. eds., Fl. Bras. 15(1ª): 81. 1859. Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Serra do Açuruá, Blanchet 2842 (holotype K–000205336!; isotype BM–000931678!). Shrub to ca. 1 m tall. Stems erect, branched, glabrous to tomentose. Leaves with 4 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 2–35 × 1–16 mm, obovate to elliptic, villous. Stipules ovate, 4–5 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 15 cm long. Bracteoles 3–6 × 1.5–3 mm, elliptic, 5–7 veined, punctate, glabrous, green. Loment with 3–5 articles; articles 2 × 2.5 mm, not reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 0.5 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela. It occurs in Savanna and Tropical Dry Forest. Conservation Status: Near Threatened (NT). Zornia guanipensis has a fragmented distribution (EOO= 3,737,926.026 km ² and AOO= 144.000 km ²). Notes: Zornia guanipensis morphologically resembles Z. tenuifolia. But it differs mainly by the obovate to elliptic leaflets (vs. filiform in Z. tenuifolia). Representative specimens examined: BRAZIL. Bahia: Gentio do Ouro, Serra do Açuruá, s.d., Blanchet 2842 (K); Maranhão: s.loc., July 1914, A. Lisboa 4757 (P); Pará: Marajó, Belterra et al. 105 (RB); Pernambuco: Olinda, 20 June 1925, F.C.Hoehne 737 (SP); Piauí: s.loc., s.d., Allemão & Cysneiros 341 (P). FRENCH GUIANA. Kourou–Sinnamary, 35 September 1963, McKee 10719 (P). VENEZUELA. Esdo. Monagas: Jusepin, 8 October 1963, McKee 10776 (K, P).