taxonID	type	description	language	source
402587ABFFEF1B479FCCFAA4FBC4061A.taxon	description	Specimen examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Jaíba, Turno da Onça, 20 August 1984, M. C. B Teixeira & Carvalho s. n. (MBM 145914). Additional specimen examined: — BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá, Pantanal, 02 December 1987, A. Pott et al. 3630 (CPAP); Fazenda Acurizal, Nabileque, 90 m, 19 December 1987, A. Pott et al. 3645 (CPAP, MBM); Fazenda Bodoquena, 18 August 2004, G. A. Amador et al. 47 (CGMS); Estação Carandazal, 19 ° 48 ’ 17 ” S, 57 ° 09 ’ 49 ” W, 102 m, 29 June 2011, D. S. Matos 17 (CGMS). Ladário, lote 42, 19 August 2011, P. P. Oliveira et al. 24 (COR, SPF). Illustrations: — Cabrera (1940: 134, Fig. 1), Cabrera & Dematteis (2009: 238, Fig. 91). Notes: — Mesanthophora Robinson (1992 b: 172) is a small genus in the subtribe Mesantophorineae, comprising glabrous perennial herbs associated with limestone soils, with decurrent auriculate leaves and capitula emerging from the middle of internodes (Robinson 2007). Two species are currently known: Mesanthophora brunneri Robinson (1992 b: 172) and M. rojasii (Cabrera & Dematteis 2009, Hind 2011). The former species is easily distinguished from the latter by its leaf shape (oblong-ovate vs. lanceolate) and leaf size (2 – 7 × 1 – 3 vs. 6 – 10 × 0.5 – 2 cm) (Dematteis & Salgado 2001).	en	Soares, Gleison, Loeuille, Benoît (2021): Notes in Brazilian Vernonieae (Asteraceae): two new combinations and a range expansion. Phytotaxa 522 (2): 139-149, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.6
402587ABFFEF1B479FCCFAA4FBC4061A.taxon	description	This is the third species of Mesanthophorinae recorded in the Caatinga domain, together with Acilepidopsis echitifolia (Mart. ex Candolle 1836: 60) Robinson (1989: 291), in the state of Bahia, and Telmatophila scolymastrum Mart. ex Baker (1873: 170), endemic to caatinga vegetation in the state of Piauí (Nakajima 2020, Picanço et al. 2020). These monotypic genera differ mainly by characteristics of the leaves, capitulescence, position of the capitula and number of florets per capitulum (Baker 1873, Robinson 1989, Robinson 1992 b).	en	Soares, Gleison, Loeuille, Benoît (2021): Notes in Brazilian Vernonieae (Asteraceae): two new combinations and a range expansion. Phytotaxa 522 (2): 139-149, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.522.2.6
