Zornia contorta Mohlenbr., Webbia

Zornia contorta Mohlenbr., Webbia View in CoL 16 (1): 117. 1961.

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Type: ARGENTINA. Salta: Dpto. Orán, San Andrés , 18 April 1945, Pierotti 1238 (holotype LIL–000654 ! )

Shrub to ca. 80 cm tall. Stems decumbent, branched, glabrous to sericeous. Leaves with 2 leaflets, petiolate. Leaflets 5–22 × 3–11 mm, ovate to lanceolate, sericeous to glabrous. Stipules ovate to elliptic, 5–6 veined. Inflorescences spiciform, axillary, 15 cm long. Bracteoles 6–8 × 4–6 mm, ovate, 5–7 veined, punctate, sericeous, green. Loment with 6–8 articles; articles 2 × 2 mm, reticulate-veined, bristle-like trichomes 1 mm long.

Distribution and habitat: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala. It occurs at high elevation (approx. 1800 meters) of Montane Grassland and Savanna.

Conservation Status: Near Threatened (NT). The distribution of Zornia contorta is fragmented, covering AOO of only 136 km ², while its EOO is 2,835,852.658 km ².

Notes: Zornia contorta may be mistaken for Zornia curvata , but it differs mainly by the bracteoles that are ovate and sericeous in Z.contorta vs. elliptic and glabrous in Z.curvata .

Representative specimens examined: ARGENTINA. Catamarca: Dep. Ambato , 28 March 1995, C.Saraiva Toledo et al.12961 (K). BOLIVIA. Chuquisaca: ca. 8 km from Sucre on road to Cochabamba on a hill beyond cement factory, 26 March 1995, J.R.I. Wood 9591 (K). BRAZIL. Rio Grande do Sul: Caçapava do Sul , 13 December 1997, R. Wasum et al. 12237 (NY). GUATEMALA. Quetzaltenango: s.loc., 23 April 1989, H. Förther 2408 (M).