Description : 2.
Mendozia velloziana. Tab. CCX. [...]
M. foliis ovatis acutis villosis, caule volubili, calycibus pedunculisque pilosis, Vandelli
in Roemer Script. [Pl. Hispan.] lus. min. p. [
126-
]127[,
tab. 7, f. 22. 1796 fide TL-2,
9403].
Species Vandellio a Vellozo communicata inde nobis nomen tulit specificum. [...]
α)
Sparatteria, minor, multiflora, villo patenti, foliis sesqui- ad bipollicaribus, calycibus basi rotundatis, pedunculis costaque bractearum villosis.
β)
Sphingeria, major, pauciflora, villo adpresso sericea, foliis tri- ad quinquepollicaribus, calycibus basi attenuatis, pedunculis costaque bractearum strigosis. [...]
Crescit in sylvis aboriginibus et in sylvis caeduis in monte Corcovado et alibi in vicinia Sebastianopoleos, in tractu montium Serra dos Orgâos dictorum ac in Morro Formozo et Morro do Lopo, Prov. Sebastianapolitanae, S. Pauli et Minarum. Florens lecta mensibus Novembri et Februario.
Type : Brésil, s. loc. [probablement Minas Gerais, environs de Ouro Preto], 02/01/1780-1784, fleurs et fruits, Joaquim Vellozo de Miranda s.n. (LT:
t. 3, f. 22 in Vandelli, Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec.
43. 1788 [désigné par P.L.R. de Moraes, Feddes Repert., 130(1):
[19-]30[-64]. 2019 (08/11/2018)]).
"Martius (1829) named
Mendoncia velloziana citing the description attributed to Vellozo de Miranda by Vandelli. Additionally, he proposed two varieties based on differences in plant and leaf sizes, numbers of flowers in the inflorescences, the base of the calyx, and indumentum" (Moraes). Pour d'autres importants éléments de contextualisation voir Moraes (l. c.).
(ST:
M0186548,
M0186549,
M0186550,
M0186559,
M0186560,
M0186561,
M0186562,
M0186563).
