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Ethulia greenwayi

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Name

Identification
Ethulia greenwayi M.G.Gilbert [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Ethulia conyzoides L.f. [family COMPOSITAE ]
Related name
  • Ethulia greenwayi
  • Ethulia conyzoides

Flora

Entry for Ethulia greenwayi M.G. Gilbert [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, Part 1, page 1, (2000) Author: H. J. Beentje, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S.
Names
Ethulia greenwayi M.G. Gilbert [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 184 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Mkusi, Goose Green, Greenway 8484 (EA, holo., K!, iso.)
Information
 Much-branched shrubby herb 180-250 cm tall; stems striate, shortly spreading-pubescent. Leaves narrowly ovate, 6-14.5 cm long, 1.5-2.4 cm wide, base attenuate, margins coarsely sometimes remotely serrate or dentate, apex acute, sparsely finely hairy on the main veins, otherwise almost glabrous. Capitula numerous, in rather dense corymbiform cymes; stalks of individual capitula densely pubescent; involucre campanulate, 2.2-3 mm long; phyllaries 2-3-seriate, narrowly ovate, 2.5 mm long, green with white scarious margins, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla lavender or mauve, 2.5-3.5 mm long, glandular, tube shortly hairy, limb infundibuliform, lobes 1.2-1.5 mm long. Achenes turbinate, 1-1.4 mm long, (2-)4-5-ribbed or -winged, with a very short apical rim.
Range
Distr.T 3 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1500-1600 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District Kwasandai, July 1950, Williams Sangai 39! & Mkusi, Apr. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 2087! & Magamba-Mkuzi road, Jan. 1970, Archbold 1195!

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