Encholirium pedicellatum (Mez) Rauh
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- Encholirium pedicellatum was described by the botanist Carl Mez in the genus Dyckia. Smith (1955) and Smith & Downs (1974) indicated that the positioning of this species in Dyckia was uncertain, since the available specimens in the herbaria (type collection) lacked petals and stamens, what prevented the verification of the presence of the petal-stamen ring, a character considered by the authors as a diagnostic for Dyckia. Rauh (1985), starting from specimens collected in March 1981, in the municipal district of Diamantina by Holst (56195), and cultivated in Heidelberg Botanical Garden, published an extensive description for the species, enlarging the knowledge on the morphology of this species. Rauh (1987), in a new work, transferred D. pedicellata. into Encholirium, basing his decision mainly on the terminal position of the scape and in the stamens being free from the petals.
Encholirium pedicellatum was described originally from two sinotypes (Schwacke 8413 and Glaziou 19918a - Smith & Downs (1974), referred erroneously to this number as Glaziou 19198a. - This material is referred to the herbarium of Berlin (B) but it was not possible examine it) but, in spite of the works above mentioned, no author accomplished the necessary lectotypification for this taxon. In the same way, all referred, as the holotype the material Schwacke 8413. Therefore there was a need to designate a lectotype for E. pedicellata. As such, the collection Schwacke 8413 deposited in the herbarium of Berlin (B) has been chosen. —See Forzza 2001
