Zornia brasiliensis Vogel, Linnaea

Zornia brasiliensis Vogel, Linnaea 12: 62. 1838. Figs 5, S 2 Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Colatina, 28 January 1997, M.M. Arbo. et al. 7767 1624 [Neotype NY–00277013! designated by Fortuna-Perez and De Azevedo (2011)]. Zornia brasiliensis var. adenocarpa L.P. Queiroz, Bol. Bot. Univ. São Paulo 16: 107–109. 1997. Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Grão–Mogol, 10 December 1989, P.T. Sano et al. 12384 (holotype SPF–68011!; isotypes K–000118495!, NY–01132068!) Shrub to ca. 60 cm tall. Stems decumbent, branched, tomentose to glabrous. Leaves with 4 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 7–25 × 5–10 mm, elliptic to obovate, tomentose to glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 5–6 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 25 cm long. Bracteoles 6–9 × 3–4 mm, elliptic, 5–7 veined, punctate, strigose, green. Fruit loment with 4–5 articles; articles 2–3 × 1.5–2 mm, not reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 0.5 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Brazil, Venezuela. It occurs in Tropical Dry Forests and Savanna. In Brazil, it occurs in the Cerrado, Caatinga and Campo rupestre vegetation. Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU). Zornia brasiliensis has a disjunct distribution and while it is abundant in Northeast Brazil, only one record was found in Venezuela (EOO=3,176,454.400 km²; AOO= 940.000 km ²). Notes: Zornia brasiliensis morphologically resembles Zornia cearensis, but it differs by its elliptic bracteoles (vs. bracteoles ovate in Z. cearensis). Representative specimens examined: BRAZIL. Alagoas: s.loc., 1838, Gardner 1273 (K, P); Bahia: Crisópolis, 27 August 2007, A.P. Fortuna-Perez et al. 303 (UEC); Ceará: Humaitá, 2 July 1908, A. Ducke 1017ª (P); Espírito Santo: Colatina, 28 January 1997, M.M. Arbo et al. 7767 (NY); Goiás: Teresina de Goiás, 10 February 1994, G.Hatschbach et al. 60311 (MBM); Maranhão: Rodovia Timon, Caxias BR316, km 33, Timon, 2 July 1987, L. Coradin et al. 7929 (BOTU); Minas Gerais: Grão–Mogol, 16 February 1969, H.S.Irwin et al. 23339 (W); Paraíba: São Gonçalo, 21 March 1936, von Luetzelburg 26978 (M); Pernambuco: Caités, 20 May 1971, K. Kubitzki 71–81 (M); Piauí: Estrada Buriti dos Montes, a 10,2km de Buriti dos Montes, São Miguel do Tapuio, 18 May 1988, L.B. Bianchetti et al. 680 (BOTU); Rio Grande do Norte: Currães Novos, s.d., Luetzelburg 12434 (M). VENEZUELA. Esdo. Bolívar, 27 June 1981, E. Rutkis 355 (NY).