Zornia microphylla Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Par.

Zornia microphylla Desv., Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 4: 325. 1826. Fig. S1 Type: SAINT LUCIA. January 1821, Plee s.n. [neotype P–02142437! designated by R.H. Mohlenbrock (1961)]. Shrub to ca. 40 cm tall. Stems prostrate, branched, glabrous. Leaves with 2 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 2.2–15 × 2.6–8 mm, ovate to obovate, glabrous. Stipules lanceolate, 1–3 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 15 cm long. Bracteoles 5–6.3 × 1.7–2.5 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, 1–3 veined, punctate, glabrous, green. Loment with 3–7 articles; articles 1.5–2.1 × 1.7–2.4 mm, reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 0.5 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela. It occurs in Tropical Dry Forest. Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU). The fact that the species occurs mostly on islands adds to its vulnerability, due to a limited AOO (EOO= 1,561,277.527 km ²; AOO= 236.000 km ²). Notes: Zornia microphylla is distinct from the other species by its prostrate stems and small (2.2–15 × 2.6–8 mm) ovate to obovate leaflets. Representative specimen examined: ANTIGUA. Near Tyrrells, s.d, Box 1123 (US). BARBADOS. Turners Hall Wood, s.d., Eggers7160 (P). CUBA. Pinar del Rio, s.d, Wright 2308 (P). DOMINICA. Hampstead, s.d, Lloyd 621 (NY). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Between Bayaguena and Guerra, s.d., Howard & Howard 9538 (NY). GUADELOUPE. s.loc., s.d., Richard s.n. (P). MARTINIQUE. Fort de France, s.d., Duss 1046 (US). ST. GEORGE. Mardigras, s.d., Way 1816 (NY). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. s.loc., s.d, Sieber 246 (P). VENEZUELA. Dpto. Pedro Camejo: Parque Nacional “Santos Luzardos”, 31 March 1989, G. Aymard s.n (MO).