Acilepis virgata
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Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Asteraceae
Genus: Acilepis
Name
Acilepis virgata (Gagnep.) H.Rob. & Skvarla, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 122(2): 144. 2009. – Wikispecies link – IPNI link – Pensoft Profile
- Vernonia virgata Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 25: 493. 1919.
Type
Laos, Xieng-Kouang, Spire 1302 (holotype: P!).
Description
Perennial herbs, ca. 1 m tall. Stems erect, conspicuously ribbed, pilose. Leaves cauline 8–10 by 2.5–3.5 cm, elliptic, margin serrate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, subcoriaceous; upper surface pilose along main and lateral veins; lower surface pilose glandular; lateral veins 7–10-paired; petioles up to 5 mm long. Capitulescences terminal, paniculate. Capitula campanulate, 7–10 mm long, pedunculate. Receptacle flat, hairy. Involucres campanulate, herbaceous, in 5–6 series, ca. 6 mm long. Phyllaries green with purple tips, outer surface arachnoid, glands capitate; the outer and the middle ones ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate; the inner ones ovate-lanceolate to oblong, apex acute. Florets ca. 20; corollas funnelform, purple, glandular; corolla tubes ca. 3 mm long; corolla lobes ca. 4 mm long. Achenes subterete, ca. 2 mm long, 10-ribbed, pubescent with twin hairs and capitate glands. Pappus bristles, the inner ones 6–7 mm long.
Distribution
Thailand: Surat Thani. Laos.
Specimens examined
Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok national park, 8°54.99'N, 98°31.68'E, 2 Mar 1983, H. Koyama, H. Terao & Th. Wongprasert T-33960 (KYO).
Diagnostic characters
Acilepis virgata is distinguished from Acilepis tonkinensis by phyllaries that are nearly scarious and capitula that are long pedunculate in loosely paniculate capitulescences.
Ecology
Evergreen forest, alt. 180 m; flowering March.
Vernacular name
Muang Ngam (ม่วงงาม).
Taxon Treatment
- Bunwong, S; Chantaranothai, P; Keeley, S; 2014: Revisions and key to the Vernonieae (Compositae) of Thailand PhytoKeys, 37: 25-101. doi
