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Issue: Vol. 733 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.3
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Taxonomic Revision of Piptolepis (Vernonieae, Asteraceae)

Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Monte Carmelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK
Campos rupestres Compositae endemism nomenclature systematics Eudicots

Abstract

Piptolepis comprises 19 species, all of them endemic to the mountains of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is characterized by the shrub to treelet habit, with densely branched stems, marked by leaf scars and covered by dense indumentum. The leaves are alternate, spiraled, discolorous, with a typical pad-like leaf sheath. The capitula are solitary, or organized in a terminal raceme, pseudoglomerule or rarely in a corymb. Most of the species (16) are microendemic and known from few populations. Thereby, the genus should be considered a priority for conservation. The main goal of this study is to present the first taxonomic revision of the genus since the 19th century, providing access to updated and detailed information of all species of Piptolepis. This revision describes four new species (P. elaeodes, P. fulgens, P. redacta and P. speciosa) and provides complete synonymies, descriptions, conservation status, illustrations, discussion of taxonomic affinities, distribution maps, and an identification key.

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Cândido, J.B., Bicalho, M. & Loeuille, B. (2025) Taxonomic Revision of Piptolepis (Vernonieae, Asteraceae). Phytotaxa 733 (1): 17–72. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.1.3