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Erythrocephalum zambesianum

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Name

Identification
Erythrocephalum zambesianum Oliv. & Hiern [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Pope, G., 1991 Erythrocephalum niassae Wild [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Wild, Hiram, 1971
Related name
  • Erythrocephalum longifolium
  • Erythrocephalum niassae
  • Erythrocephalum zambesianum
  • Erythrocephalum bicolor

Flora

Entry for ERYTHROCEPHALUM zambesianum O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
ERYTHROCEPHALUM zambesianum O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Information
Stem white-cottony, apparently simple, leafy. Leaves oval or linear-elliptical, acute, narrowed towards the sessile semi-amplexicaul base, acutely serrulate, white-cottony beneath, glabrescent above, 1 1/2–5 by 1/3–1 in. Capitula solitary, terminal, erect, 2/3– 3/4 in. long. Peduncle 1–1 1/2 in. Involucral bracts lanceolate, outer about 2/5 in. long, margins reddish, fimbriate-denticulate. Ligule 3/8– 1/2 in. long; inner lip bipartite, partitions linear, 1/8– 1/4 in. long. Ovary puberulous.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. R. Shire Valley, Waller! Manganja country, alt. 3,000 ft., Kirk! (flowers scarlet).

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