Zornia vichadana Fort. - Perez & A. M. G. Azevedo, Novon

Zornia vichadana (Killip ex Mohlenbr.) Fort.-Perez & A.M.G.Azevedo, Novon 21: 336. 2011. Zornia pardina Mohlenbr. var. vichadana Killip ex Mohlenbr., Webbia 16(1): 87. 1961. Fig. S2 Type: COLOMBIA. El Vichada: s.loc., 1 May 1939, O. Haught 2797 (holotype US–00001992!; isotype US–00001991!). Shrub to ca. 80 cm tall. Stems erect, branched, glabrous. Leaves with 2 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 5–30 × 4–15 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, sericeous. Stipules elliptic, 5–7 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 40 cm long. Bracteoles 6–9 × 2–3 mm, lanceolate, 5–6 veined, punctate, sericeous, green. Loment with 5–7 articles; articles 2 × 2 mm, reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 1 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Colombia, Brazil, French Guiana. It occurs in Savanna. Conservation Status: Data Deficient (DD). There is insufficient data available to assess the extinction risk of Zornia vichadana (EOO=226.884.263 km²; AOO= 40.000 km ²). Notes: Zornia vichadana morphologically resembles Z. pardina, but differs by its lanceolate, sericeous bracteoles (vs. ovate and glabrous on Z. pardina). Representative specimen examined: BRAZIL. Roraima: BR-401, Colônia do Cantá, km 21, Boa Vista, 28 November 1981, L. Coradin et al. 5055 (BOTU).