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Eriocephalus africanus

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Identification
Eriocephalus africanus L. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2007 Eriocephalus umbellulatus Cass. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Eriocephalus umbellulatus
  • Eriocephalus septulifer
  • Eriocephalus racemosus
  • Eriocephalus africanus
  • Eriocephalus sericeus

Flora

Entry for ERIOCEPHALUS Africanus Linn. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ERIOCEPHALUS Africanus Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Sp. 1310;—Less.! Syn. 269.
ERIOCEPHALUS septifer Cass. [family COMPOSITAE], DC. l. c. 145. Dill. Elth. t. 110.
Information
leaves opposite or tufted, silky-pubescent, thickish, obtuse, linear or trifid, channelled; heads umbellate at the ends of the branches, the inner involucre having three projecting ridges (septa) within. Of this I have only seen a specimen without flowers, in Hb. Th. Leaves 6–12 lines long, thinly silky, 1/2 line thick.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Thunberg! (Herb. Thunb.)

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