Three New Species Of Piptolepis (compositae: Vernonieae) From Minas Gerais, Brazil

Summary: Three new species of Piptolepis, P. campestris, P. monticola and P. schultziana, are described and illustrated from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Diagnostic characters, descriptions and taxonomic comments on the species are given. Their affinities are assessed and IUCN threatened categories noted. © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.6711118Baker, J.G., Compositae I. Vernoniaceae (1873) Flora Brasiliensis, 6 (2), pp. 5-180. , In: C. F. P. von Martius† & A. W. Eichler, Fried. Fleischer, Münich, Vienna, LeipzigBeauverd, G., Contribution a l'étude des Composées (suite VIII) (1913) Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve, Ser. II, 5, pp. 239-244de Candolle, A.P., Vernoniaceae (1836) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, 5, pp. 9-103. , Treutel et Würtz, ParisHind, D.J.N., Flora of Grão-Mogol, Minas Gerais: Compositae (Asteraceae) (2003) Bol. Bot. Univ. São Paulo, 21 (1), pp. 179-234(2001) IUCN Red List Categories: Version 3. 1, , http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria/2001-categories-criteria, IUCN, Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland and CambridgeJeffrey, C.F., Hind, D.J.N., The typification of Piptolepis Sch. Bip. (Compositae), nom. cons (1994) Taxon, 43, pp. 94-96Lessing, C.F., De synantheris herbarii regii berolinensis dissertatio prima. Vernonieae (1829) Linnaea, 4, pp. 240-356McNeill, J., Barrie, F.R., Burdet, H.M., Demoulin, V., Hawksworth, D.L., Marhold, K., Nicolson, D.H., Turland, N.J., (2006) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code). Regnum Veg, p. 146. , (eds)Robinson, H., Vernonieae (2006) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, 8, pp. 149-174. , In: J. Kadereit & C. Jeffrey (vol. eds), (K. Kubitzki, series ed.), Springer. Berlin, Heidelberg, New YorkSaint-Hilaire, A., (1833) Voyage Dans Le District Des Diamants Et Sur Le Littoral Du Brésil, 1. , Librairie Gide, ParisSchultz-Bipontinus, C.H., Lychnophora Martius! und einige benachbarte Gattungen. Jahresber (1863) Pollichia, 20 (21), pp. 321-43