Vellozia candida J. C. Mikan

Vellozia candida Mikan

Vellozia candida Mikan, Delect. Fl. & Faun. Brazil, 2, pl. 1, 1820; text, 1825.—Sprengel, Syst. Veg., 3:338, 1826.—Seubert in Martius, Fl. Bras., 3(1):82, 1847. Hooker f., Bot. Mag., 91, pl. 5514, 1865—L. B. Smith, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb., 35:267, 1962—Ayensu, Smithsonian Contr. Bot., 15:46, fig. 15a–c, pls. 18a, 34g–h, 35a, 50b, 1974.

Vellozia tertia Sprengel, Neu. Entd., 2:108, 1821 [type: no Collection cited; evidently the species name refers to the third species known to Mikan and is thus invalid as an unnecessary renaming of a valid species].

Vellozia maritima Vellozo, Fl. Flum., 219, 1825.—Icon., 5, pl. 79, 1831 [type: Rocks, Island of Parati, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; none extant now if there ever were any; recent collections from Parati show no difference from high-montane specimens].

TYPE.—Colonial on summit of the Corcovado and on rocks toward Boa Vista, city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mikan s n (W, holotype, lost).

DISTRIBUTION.—Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Parati, Rio de Janeiro.