A synopsis of Harperocallis (Tofieldiaceae, Alismatales) with ten new combinations
Author
Campbell, Lisa M.
The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 10458, USA
Author
Dorr, Laurence J.
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC- 166, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, D. C. 20013 - 7012, USA
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Harperocallis robustior (Steyerm.) L.M. Campb. & Dorr
comb. nov.
Figs 2C, D
, 3
Tofieldia sessiliflora
var.
robustior
Steyerm., Fieldiana, Bot. 28 (1): 157. 1951. Type: Venezuela. Lara:Wet meadow at Las Sabanetas, above Los Aposentos, west of Humocaro Bajo, 2530 m, 5 Feb 1944,
J.A. Steyermark 55291
(holotype: F [F0046066F!]; isotype: NY!).
Isidrogalvia robustior
(Steyerm.) Cruden, Syst. Bot. 16 (2): 278. 1991. Type: Based on
Tofieldia sessiliflora
var.
robustior
Steyerm.
Type.
Based on
Tofieldia sessiliflora
var.
robustior
Steyerm.
Distribution
(
Fig. 1
). Andes of Venezuela (Lara,
Merida
, and Trujillo states); 2200-3700 m.
Representative specimens.
Venezuela. Lara:
Mpio. Moran, below
Paramo
Las Rosas, 2285-3290 m, 25 Jun 1979,
R
. Liesner et al. 7965
(MO, NY).
Merida
:
Mpio. Rangel, Cerro el Guamo, 3100-3200 m, 19 Jun 1988,
L.J. Dorr & L.C. Barnett 5627
(NY).
Trujillo:
Paramo
de Cachaco, 3400-3700 m, 7 Nov 1927,
P. Christ 84
(NY); Mpio.
Bocono
,
Paramo
de Guaramacal, ca. 3080 m, ca.
9°14'N
,
70°11'W
, 28 Apr 1988,
L.J. Dorr et al. 4967
(NY, PORT);
Paramo
de Guirigay, 3000 m, 22 Apr 2002,
L.J. Dorr et al. 9200
(NY, PORT, US); Parque Nacional Guaramacal, vertiente norte, ca. 1977-2350 m, 28 Apr 1998,
B. Stergios et al. 17327
(PORT-unicate); Laguna Larga via Laguna Las Parias to Laguna Eco,
Paramo
de Motumbo, 2400-2600 m, 15 Sep 2003,
B. Stergios et al. 20368
(F, MO, NY, PORT, US).
Figure 3.
Harperocallis robustior
.
A
Habit
B
Leaf (detail of parallel veins and tomentose margins)
C
Inflorescence (detail showing peduncular and calycular bracts subtending flowers)
D
Peduncular bracts (detail)
E
Flower
F
Tepal (adaxial view)
G
Ovary (note the tuberculae)
H
Ovary (cross-section showing axile placentation and ovules)
I
Capsule (carpels separating distally). (A, I from
L.J. Dorr et al. 4967
(US); B-H from
B. Stergios et al. 17327
(PORT).