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Anisopappus africanus

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Identification
Anisopappus africanus (Hook.f.) Oliv. & Hiern [family ASTERACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ANISOPAPPUS chinensis var. buchwaldii [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 315, (2002) Author: H.J. BEENTJE
Names
ANISOPAPPUS chinensis var. buchwaldii [family COMPOSITAE]
Telekia africana Hook.f. [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 7: 201 (1864)
Anisopappus africanus (Hook.f.) Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], in F.T.A. 3: 369 (1877); F.P.S. 3: 9 (1956); C.D. Adams in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 258 (1963); Wild in Kirkia 12: 83 (1980); Maquet in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3: 614 (1985); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 159, t. 350 (1987); Lisowski in F.A.C. Compositae, Inuleae: 194 (1989); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 214, t. 88 (1994)
Sphacophyllum stuhlmannii O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 412 (1895). Type: Uganda, Stuhlmann 1266 (ubi?)
Sphacophyllum welwitschii O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. 13: 27 (1896). Type: Angola, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 3985 (COI, holo., BM, M, iso.)
Sphacophyllum buchwaldii O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 24: 473 (1898)
Sphacophyllum helenae Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 49: 509 (1913). Type: Zambia, Bangweulu, Aosta 1123 (B†, holo.)
Anisophyllus inuloides Hutch. & B.L. Burtt [family ], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 23: 41 (1923). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lualu, la Pastorale, Quarré 2847 (BR!, holo., K!, iso.)
Anisopappus suborbicularis Hutch. & B.L. Burtt [family COMPOSITAE], in Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 23: 41 (1923); C.D. Adams in F.W.T.A. ed. 2: 258 (1963). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Kasiki, de Witte 482 (BR!, holo., K!, iso.)
Anisopappus iodotrichus Brenan [family COMPOSITAE], in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 477 (1954). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kyimbila, Stolz 235 (K!, holo., BM, M, MO, S, iso.)
Epallage dentata Humbert var. macrocephala [family COMPOSITAE], Fl. Madag. 189: 605 (1962). Types: Madagascar, Perrier 2941, 3393, 13962, Decary 5394, 13099, 13147, 13197, 13256, 17340, Catat 14142, Humbert 3255 (all P!, syn.)
Anisopappus buchwaldii (O. Hoffm.) Wild [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 60 (1964) & in Kirkia 12: 86 (1980); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 214 (1994)
Anisopappus buchwaldii (Brenan) Wild subsp. iodotrichus [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 60 (1964) & in Kirkia 12: 8 (1980)
Anisopappus lastii (O. Hoffm.) Wild subsp. welwitschii [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 68 (1964) & in Kirkia 12: 90 (1980)
Anisopappus chinensis (Humbert) S. Ortiz, Paiva & Rodr.-Oubiña var. macrocephala [family COMPOSITAE], in Anal. Jard. Bot. Madrid 54: 383 (1996)
Information
Perennial herb,sometimes described as a shrublet, 0.4–1.5 m high, sometimes with trailing stems; stems pale green, white-puberulous with crisped hairs, sometimes slightly scabridulous. Leaves ovate to deltoid, 1–6 cm long, 0.3–5.5 cm wide, base cuneate to cordate-hastate, scabridulous above, densely scabridulous-pubescent and glandular beneath. Capitula 5–12 mm long; phyllaries 2–12 mm long, white-pubescent. Tube of outer florets cylindric, 1.4–2.5 mm long and sparsely glandular, ray 6–10 mm long, style 2.5–3.5 mm long; disc florets with tube narrowly infundibuliform, 1.7–4.5 mm long, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm long and glandular. Achenes 1.3–1.8 mm long, pubescent; pappus of squamae 0.1–1.7 mm long. Fig. 69.
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; K 3–6; T 1–8
Altitude range
250–2500 m
Distribution
UGANDA Kigezi District Kachwekano Farm, May 1949, Purseglove 2849!;KENYA Trans-Nzoia District NE Elgon, Dec. 1949, Tweedie 825!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Mzumbai Forest, June 1966, Semsei 4080!;UGANDA Ankole District Ndeizha, Apr. 1941, A. S. Thomas 3828!;UGANDA Masaka District Jubiya Forest, Apr. 1971, Lye 5987!KENYA Machakos District Chyulu Hills, May 1981, Gilbert 6219!KENYA N Kavirondo District Kakamega Forest, Oct. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4788!TANZANIA Mbeya District Mbeya Peak Forest Reserve, Jan. 1959, Myembe 109!;TANZANIA Songea District Ndondo Hill, May 1991, Ruffo & Kisena 3355!
Distribution (external)
; Ghana
Nigeria
Cameroon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Ethiopia
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe

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