Diagnose: —A V.. brassicoides (Baker ) Mez, cui affinis, rhachidis internodiis gracilibus valde curvatis subteretibus, bracteis florigeris quam internodiis subduplo brevioribus differt. Observations: —NOTE the description in S&D p1163 is for a completely different plant!Edited from : Phytologia. (protologue) .