A JOURNAL ON TAXONOMIC BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 12(1) REINWARDTIA A JOURNAL ON TAXONOMIC BOTANY, PLANT SOCIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY Vol. 12(1): 1-128.22 July 2002 Editors ELIZABETH A. WIDJAJA, MIEN A. RIFAI, SOEDARSONO RISWAN, JOHANIS P. MOGEA Correspondence and subscriptions of the journal should be addressed to HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE, BIDANG BOTANI, PUSAT PENELITIAN BIOLOGI - LIPI, BOGOR, INDONESIA REINWARDTIA Vol 12, Part 1, pp: 125 – 128 FOUR NEW TAXA OF ASTERACEAE IN SUMATRA SRI S. TJITROSOEDIRDJO SEAMEO BIOTROP, P.O. Box 116, Bogor, Indonesia ABSTRACT TJITROSOEDIRDJO, SRI S. 2002. Four new taxa of Asteraceae in Sumatra. Reinwardtia 12(1): 125–128. ⎯ Four new taxa of Asteraceae in Sumatra are described: Prenanthes L. (2 species), Senecio L. (1 species) and Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. (1 variety). Keywords: Prenanthes, Senecio, Emilia sonchifolia, Asteraceae, Sumatra. ABSTRAK TJITROSOEDIRDJO, SRI S. 2002. Empat takson baru Asteraceae di Sumatra. Reinwardtia 12(1): 125–128. ⎯ Diusulkan 4 taxon baru Asteraceae Sumatera, yakni: dua jenis Prenanthes L., 1 jenis Senecio L. dan satu varietas Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. Kata kunci: Prenanthes, Senecio, Emilia sonchifolia, Asteraceae, Sumatra. The Asteraceae of Sumatra were revised as part of a PhD dissertation at the Bogor Agricul- tural University, Bogor, Indonesia. There are 133 species of 74 genera belonging to 11 tribes. Four new taxa were discovered, three species and one variety: 2 species of Prenanthes L. (out of 4 occuring in Sumatera), 1 species of Senecio L. (out of 2) and 1 variety of Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. (out of 3 varieties) 1. Prenanthes steenisii Tjitrosoedirdjo, sp. nov. – Fig. 1 Folia basi rosulata. Petioli 5–15 cm longi. Lamina in petiolo alato angustata, sagittata vel hastata vel ovato-rhomboidea. Inflorescentiae terminales panicu- latae. Involucri squamae 2–vel 3–seriatae. Corolla lilacina ad alba, c. 11 mm longa. Achenia apice breviter prolongato, c. 1–2 mm longo. – Typus: Sumatra, Mount Kemiri,, alt. 2900–3300 m, van Steenis 9603 (BO–Holo; L–Iso) Herbs, 0.7–0.9 m tall. Basal leaves poly- morphous, base sagittate, acute, hastate or ovate- rhomboid, 4–9 by 2–4.5 cm, margin den-ticulate, apex acute; petiole winged, 5–15 cm long. Upper leaves alternate, smaller and lanceolate, petiole c. 2.5 cm, blade c. 3 by 0.5–0.75 cm. Heads ligulate, terminal, pedunculate, combined into panicles, nodding, cylindric, 1.5–2 cm by c. 2 mm. Receptacle flat, naked. Corolla 5–dentate at the apex, c. 11 mm long, lilac to white. Involucre dirty green. Phyllaries 2– or 3–seriate, herba- ceous, outer phyllaries oblong, c. 4 mm long, the inner linear lanceolate, c. 12 mm long. Achenes obovate to elliptic, flat, gradually narrowing toward the apex, shortly prolonged into a disc, c. 1–2 mm long; pappus c. 1.2 mm long. Fig. 1. Prenanthes steenisii Tjitrosoedirdjo. a. habit; b. leaf variations; c. head; d. flower; e. achene; a, c, d and e, after van Steenis 9603 (BO); b. after de Wilde & de Wilde-Duyfjes 16301(L). DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to mountainous areas of Aceh (Mount Kemiri and Mount Leuser). 125 126 REINWARDTIA [VOL. 12 HABITAT. In shaded mossy places along a streamline, in thickets, 2900–3314 m altitude. NOTES. The specimens were previously identified by Koster as Lactuca sp., though the apex of the achenes is not filiform, as it is usually found in Lactuca, but only shortly prolonged. Jeffrey annotated on the specimen of van Steenis 6516 (L, K) that the species appears to be closest to L. rostrata (Blume) Kuntze of an Asian group of species which are probably neither Lactuca nor Prenanthes. This was probably the basis for van Steenis’s remark in Mountain Flora of Java (1972) that L. rostrata might occur in Sumatra. SPECIMENS EXAMINED: van Steenis 9603 (BO– Holo, L–Iso); van Steenis 6516 (L, K); de Wilde & de Wilde-Duyfjes 16301 (BO, KEP, L) 2. Prenanthes sumatrana Tjitrosoedirdjo, sp. nov. – Fig. 2 Perennis subscandens. Lamina basi sensim in petiolo attenuata. Petiolus 0.8–2 cm longus. Folia basalia ovato-elliptica. Capitula paniculata terminali racemifera amplem disposita. Involucrum cylindra- ceum, squamis intimis elongatis, 0.9–1.2 cm longis, exterioribus gradatim brevioribus. Achenia c. 1 mm longa. –Typus: de Wilde & de Wilde-Duyfjes 16282 (BO–Holo; L–Iso). Fig. 2. Prenanthes sumatrana Tjitrosoedirdjo. a. habit; b. head; c. achene with pappus; all after de Wilde & de Wilde-Duyfjes 16282 (BO) Subscandent perennials. Stems glabrous, woody at base, slender, 0.5–0.7 m tall. Leaves alternate, crowded at base. Blade ovate elliptic, 3– 6 by 1–2 cm, base gradually attenuate into the petiole c. 0.2–2 cm long, margin serrate, apex acute, upper leaves sessile, narrow. Panicle lax, ample. Flower lilac, 1.2–1.5 by 0.2 cm. Heads numerous, small, slender, pendulous. Involucre cylindrical, purplish green with two bracteoles at the base. Phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 2– or 3– seriate, inner ones longer, linear-lan-ceolate, 0.9– 1.2 cm long, outer ones oblong. Achene c. 1 mm long, pappus up to 1.2 mm long. DISTRIBUTION. Endemic in Aceh (Mount Bendahara and Mount Leuser. HABITAT. Edge of mossy forest, montane shrubs, 3200 m altitude. SPECIMENS EXAMINED: de Wilde & de Wilde- Duyfjes: 13289 (L), 15232 (BO), 15233 (BO), 16282 (BO–Holo, L–Iso), 16338 (BO). 3. Senecio dewildeorum Tjitrosoedirdjo, sp. nov. – Fig. 3 Perennes, basi purpurea arachneosa, stolonifera. Caulis erectus, solitarius, 20–75 cm longus. Lamina basi sensim in petiolo 1.7–3.7 cm longo, attenuata. Folia oblanceolata vel elliptica, subtus tomentosa, 4–7 cm longa, 0.5–2 cm lata, superiora sessilia, amplexicaulia, oblongo-elliptica vel lanceolata, subtus purpurea, 3.5–6 cm longa, c. 0.5 cm lata. Capitula pedunculata, 0.8–1 cm longa, 1.2–1.5 lata. Flores radii ligulati, tridentata. Flores tubulosi, numerosi, flavi. Achenia cylindrica c. 2 mm longa, pappus albus c. 6 mm longus. – Typus: de Wilde & de Wilde Duyfjes 16174 (L–Holo; BO–Iso). Aceh, climbing Mount Leuser west top, from Penosan via Pucuk Angasan c. 25 km south–west of Blang Kejeren Perennial herbs, stoloniferous, rooting at the decumbent nodes, 0.2–0.6 m tall. Stem solitary, purplish-red arachnoid at the base. Basal leaves petioled, crowded, oblanceolate to elliptic, 4–7 by 0.5–2 cm, densely white tomentose beneath, base tapering to the petiole, margin dentate, apex acute. Petioles 1.7–7 cm long. Stem leaves smaller, sessile, amplexicaul, elliptic oblong to oblanceolate, 3.5–6 by 0.4–0.5 cm, purplish be- neath. Peduncled 1.2 cm long, bracteate, bearing 2–4 linear bracteoles. Heads erect then ascending, 0.8–1.1 by 1.2–1.3 cm, radiate. Involucre broadly campanulate, 8–10 by 11–15 mm. Ray flowers female, 8–10, corolla 3–denticulate, 0.8–1 cm long. Disk flowers campanulate, 5–lobed, limb shorter than the tube, 5–6 mm long. Anthers c. 9 2002] TJITROSOEDIRDJO: Asteraceae in Sumatra 127 mm. Style arms c. 7 mm, apex without a central appendage of fused papillae. Achenes cylindric, 2 mm long; pappus white, c. 6 mm long. Fig. 3. Senecio dewildeorum Tjitrosoedirdjo a. habit; b. flowers; c. head; d. ray flower; disk flower; f. style-arms; g. anther; all after de Wilde & de Wilde-Duyfjes 16174, (L). DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to mountainous areas of Aceh. HABITAT. Mountain shrubs, 2750–3150 m altitude. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. de Wilde & de Wilde- Duyfjes 16026 (BO, KEP, L), 16174 (BO, KEP, L), 16198 (BO, KEP, L), 16271 (BO, KEP, L). 4. Emilia sonchifolia var. lanceolata Tjitrosoe- dirdjo, var. nov. – Fig. 4 Folia alterna, sessilia vel subsessilia, lanceolata, marginibus dentatis. Phyllaries quam floribus lilacini 0.25⎯0.5-plo breviora. – Typus: Bünnemeÿer 8964 (BO), Mount Kerinci, West Sumatera. Herbs, 0.6–0.8 m tall. Stem glabrous. Leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile, lanceolate, 7–9 by c. 1.5 cm, margin dentate. Heads corymbose, base of the pedicel with a bracteole. Phyllaries 0.25– 0.5 as long as the flowers. Corolla 1 cm long, lilac, lobes shorter than the tube. Achene 3 mm long, with 5 or 6 prominent pilose ribs, with c. 3 glabrous ribs in between them, pappus 12–14 mm long. DISTRIBUTION. Endemic to Sumatra. HABITAT. In mountain bush. Figure 4. Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. var. lanceolata Tjitrosoedirdjo. a. habit; b. head; c achene with pappus; all after Bünnemeijer 8964 (BO). NOTES. This specimen was previously identified by van Steenis in 1930 as Gynura sarmentosa (Blume) DC. In this treatment the specimen is included in Emilia since the specimen is bractless at the base of the involucre which is not a typical character of Gynura and also the flowers is lilac, not yellow as in Gynura. In Sumatra there are 3 varieties of Emilia sonchifolia. Key to the varieties of Emilia sonchi- folia found in Sumatera as follows: 1a. Leaves sessile or subsessile, margin entire, subentire; or dentate 2 b. Leaves petiolate margin; lyrate or lobed, lobes of the lower part acute a. var. sonchifolia 2a. Phyllaries as long as flowers. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly oblong-obovate, 2.5–6.5 cm by 1–3 cm; margin entire, sub-entire, or dentate b. var. sagittata b. Phyllaries 0.25–0.5 times as long as flowers. Leaves lanceolate, 7–9 cm by 1.5 cm; margin dentate c. var. lanceolata SPECIMENS EXAMINED. Bünnemeÿer 8964 (BO). 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Any additional copies should be ordered in advance and the author(s) will be charged accordingly. ISSN 0034 - 365 X REINWARDTIA Vol. 12. No. 1.2002 CONTENTS Page Y. PURWANTO. Gestion de la Biodiversite: Relations aux plantes et dynamiques vegetales chez les Dani de la Vallee de la Baliem en Irian Jaya, Indonesie 1 TRI MULYANINGSIH & COLIN ERNEST RIDSDALE. The Bornean genus Hypo- bathrum (Rubiaceae): an investigation of its characters and taxonomic status 95 BAMBANG SUNARNO & HIROSHI OHASHI. A new species of Dalbergia (Legumi- nosae) from Malay Peninsula 117 BAMBANG SUNARNO. New species of Labisia (Myrsinaceae) from Sumatra 121 SRI S. TJITROSOEDIRDJO. Four new taxa of Asteraceae in Sumatra 125 HERBARIUM BOGORIENSE BIDANG BOTANI PUSAT PENELITIAN BIOLOGI - LIPI BOGOR, INDONESIA dpn 93-188-1-SM SRI S. TJITROSOEDIRDJO ABSTRACT ABSTRAK HABITAT. In mountain bush. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS bkgn