Zornia confusa Vanni, Brittonia

Zornia confusa Vanni, Brittonia 48 (4):495–497. 1996, publ. 1997. Fig. S2 Type: BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Serra do Espinhaço, rocky slope ca. 30 km SW of Diamantina, on road to Gouveia, 13 January 1969, Irwin et al. 21854 (holotype NY–01522943!; isotypes F–1736552!, UB–12616!). Shrub to ca. 70 cm tall. Stems erect, branched, pubescent to villous. Leaves with 2 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 6–22.5 × 2–7 mm, ovate to elliptic, sericeous to glabrous. Stipules elliptic, 4–6 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 40 cm long. Bracteoles 8–10 × 5–6 mm, elliptic, 5–7 veined, punctate, strigose, green. Loment with 3–5 articles; articles 2 × 2 mm, not reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 1 mm long. Distribution and habitat: Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela. It occurs at high elevation (approx. 1300 m) in Savanna. Conservation Status: Vulnerable (VU). Zornia confusa has a disjunct distribution and, despite being widely distributed, it has an area of occupancy of only 124.000 km ² (EOO=5.622.501.922 km²; AOO= 124.000 km ²). Notes: Zornia confusa morphologically resembles Z. reticulata. However, Z. confusa differs by its pubescent indumentum on the stems (vs. glabrous in Z.reticulata) and by its loment which is not reticulate-veined (vs. reticulate in Z. reticulata). Representative specimens examined: BRAZIL. Bahia: Urandi, 4 April 1992, G.Hatschbach et al. 56533 (K); Minas Gerais: Diamantina, 27 October 2006, A.P. Fortuna-Perez et al.120 (UEC). COLOMBIA. Cordillera Oriental: Uribe, 20 December 1942, F.R. Fosberg 19453 (NY). MEXICO. Chiltepec: Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, 23 January 1966, G.Martinez 636 (CTES). VENEZUELA. Táchira: Represa Dorada, 10 March 1981, R. Liesner & A. González 10417 (P).