Argentina: Mendoza, Wenceslao Diaz [year] 1868-1869 (Ho- 
lotype: SGO nr. 042803. Isotypes: W, and photogr. Field Mus. 
nr. 33004; G, and photogr. Field Mus. nr. 26798). 
Schwenckia tenuis (Phil.) Griseb. in Abh. K6nigl. Ges. Wiss. Got- 
tingen, Phys. Cl. (1) 19: 214. 1874. (Pl. Lorentz.: 166). 
Salpiglossis linifolia (Miers) Wettstein in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. 4 (3b): 36. 1891.—Millan in Bol. Min. Agric. 
Nac. (Buenos Aires) 30 (1): 21, f. 7, t, u. 1931. 
Salpiglossis tenuis (Phil.) Wettst., /. c. 1891.—O. Kuntze, Rev. 
Gen. Pl. 3 (3): 224. 1898. 
Leptoglossis tenuis (Phil.) Jackson, Index Kewensis | (3): 63. 
1894. 
Leptoglossis schwenckioides var. linifolia (Miers) Monachino in 
Lilloa 5: 435. 1940. 
Leptoglossis schwenckioides var. tenuis (Phil.) Monachino, /. c. 
1940. 
Leptoglossis schwenckioides var. xerophytica Monachino, thid. 
436. 1940. Argentina: San Luis: Alto Pencoso, Bruch & Car- 
ette, Feb 1914 (Holotype: NY). 
Endemic perennial species of the dry and low areas of central 
and western Argentina (usually ca. 300 to 600 or 700 m; in the 
West sometimes up to 1200 m); towards the East it is found up to 
62° long. W, and in the North it has been collected at the “chaco” 
oriental region of Tucuman province. Owing to its gemmiferous 
roots, it grows frequently at disturbed places bordering the 
highways. 
Gametic chromosome number: n = 10 (Subils 1979: 19; mate- 
rials from La Rioja and San Luis). 
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. 
ARGENTINA. WITHOUT COMPLETE DATA: W. 34° Pampas, O. Kuntze, 
16 Jan 1892 (CORD, US: NY).— Pampas Reise, O. Kuntze, Jan 1892 (NY). 
Prov. Catamarca: Dept. Paclin: San Antonio, leg. O. Tarter, 22 Feb 1886 
(CORD: Herb. Kurtz 4288). — Prov. Cordoba: Dept. Cruz del Eye: Arroyo de La 
Higuera, cerca de La Higuera, A. 7. Hunziker 9871, 18 Feb 1952. “Corola 
magenta (mas o menos violacea)” (CORD).— Pichana, Stuckert 14516, 20 Nov 
1904 (G; CORD).— Dept. Ischilin: Quilino, Lorentz et Hieronymus 516, 8 Nov 
1872 (CORD: G; US).— Quilino, cerca de la captacion de agua, Hosseus 683, 9 
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