A synopsis of Lychnophorinae (Asteraceae: Vernonieae) Author Loeuille, Benoît Author Semir, João Author Pirani, José R. 1 Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, R. Prof. Nelson Chaves, s / n, CDU, 50670 - 420 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 2 Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C. P. 6109, 13083 - 970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. 3 Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508 - 090, São Paulo, Brazil. 4 Corresponding author: benoit. loeuille @ gmail. com † Deceased November 8, 2018. benoit.loeuille@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2019 2019-03-22 398 1 448 450 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.398.1.1 1179-3163 13713115 18. Eremanthus praetermissus Loeuille & Pirani (2016: 128) . Type:— BRAZIL . São Paulo : Biritiba Mirim, Pedra do Garrafão , 23°39’33.5’’S , 46°02’11’’W , 999 m , 17 June 2013 , B . Loeuille et al. 830 ( holotype : SPF [ SPF00221600 ], isotypes : K , MBM , P , RB , US ) . Distribution and habitat: — Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo ). Restinga , high altitude grasslands, and on border of ombrophyllous forests; 0–1300 m . Taxonomic Notes: —Very similar to Eremanthus erythropappus but distinct from that species in the brown syncephalia (vs. stramineous), capitula fused for 1/3 to 2/5 of their length (vs. 1/2 to nearly entire length) and brown phyllaries (vs. stramineous). Representative specimens: — BRAZIL . Rio de Janeiro : Paraty , Praia Negra—Pico do Caiuruçu , 25 March 1992 , C . Farney et al. 3124 ( RB ) . São Paulo : Caraguatatuba , Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar , núcleo Caraguatatuba , estrada intermediária, ca. 41 km , 1200 m , 23°38’44’’S , 45°40’21’’W , 25 April 2000 , J . Paula-Souza et al. 3477 ( ESA , SPSF , UEC , UNIP ); Ubatuba , Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar , Morro do Cuscuzeiro , 1270 m , 18 May 2007 , R . Bertoncello 905 ( UEC ) .