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Guizotia ringoetii

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Identification
Guizotia ringoetii De Wild. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Guizotia scabra (Vis.) Choiv. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Baagoe J., 1972
Related name
  • Guizotia scabra
  • Guizotia ringoetii

Flora

Entry for Guizotia scabra subsp. scabra [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 Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Guizotia scabra subsp. scabra [family COMPOSITAE], ; J.Baagøe in Bot. Tidsskr. 69: 25, fig. 19, 20 (1974)
Veslingia scabra Vis. [family AIZOACEAE], Nuovi Sagg. Acc. Sc. Padova, Mem. 1: 21 (1840)
Guizotia schultzii Sch.Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], in Walp. Repert. 6: 158 (1846), nom. illeg .; A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 407 (1848); Oliv. & Hiern, F.T.A. 3: 385 (1877). Type: Ethiopia, Scholoda Mts, Schimper I, 350 (TUB, lecto., BM!, BR!, FT, G, GH, K!, M, S, iso., selected by Baagøe who says it is a superfluous name)
Guizotia nyikensis Baker [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 1898: 153 (1898). Types: Zambia/Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Whyte 198 (K!, SYN.) & Masuku Plateau, July 1896, Whyte s.n. (K!, SYN.)
Guizotia schultzii S.Moore var. sotikensis [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 344 (1902); R.E.Fr. in Acta Hort. Berg. 9, 6: 141 (1928). Type: Kenya, Kericho District: Sotik, 1889, Jackson s.n. (BM!, holo.)
Guizotia collina S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 38: 262 (1908). Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori E, 26.3.1906, Wollaston s.n. (BM!, holo.)
Guizotia eylesii S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.Bot. 46: 43 (1908). Type: Zimbabwe, Mazoe, Eyles 349 (BM!, holo., K!, SRGH, iso.)
Wedelia oblonga Hutch. [family ], Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 40: 18 (1909). Type: Kenya, Ravine District: Eldama Ravine, 1898, Whyte s.n. (K!, SYN.) & from seed collected in Kenya, 1908, Diespecker s.n. (K!, SYN.)
Guizotia kassneri De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], in F.R. 13: 205 (1914). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Lake Tanganyika, Kassner 3037 (BR!, holo., K!, iso.)
Guizotia ringoetii De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], in F.R. 13: 204 (1914). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Katanga, Shinsenda, Ringoet 6 (BR!, SYN.) & Uvira, 1908, Rouling s.n. (BR!, SYN.)
Guizotia oblonga (Hutch.) Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 1933: 150 (1933)
Guizotia scabra (S.Moore) Robyns var. sotikensis [family COMPOSITAE], Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Albert 2: 526 (1947)
Coreopsis galericulata Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Amer. J. Bot. 34: 156 (1947); Verdc. in K.B. 17: 498 (1964). Type: Kenya, Trans-Nzoia District: Kitale, Webster 8858 (EA, holo.)
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 1–5; T 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Congo (Kinshasa) and Mozambique
Altitude range
800–3100 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Marsabit, Aug. 1957, Verdcourt 1810!KENYA Nakuru District Londiani, Nov. 1967, Perdue & Kibuwa 9040!KENYA North Kavirondo District 3 km W of Musanda, Oct. 1971, Gillett 19350!TANZANIA Masai/Mbulu District Ngorongoro Crater rim, May 1989, Chuwa 2743!TANZANIA Ufipa District 2 km on Tatanda–Mbala road, Apr. 1997, Bidgood et al. 3384!TANZANIA Iringa District Lake Nkwazi, May 1973, Shabani 976!UGANDA Acholi/Karamoja District Lonyili Peak, Dec. 1971, Katende 1392!UGANDA Mbale District Elgon, Nyangaya, Dec. 1938, A.S.Thomas 2701!UGANDA Buganda District Lubowa Estate S of Mutungo, Aug. 1974, Katende 2216!
Notes
USES.Minor medicinal against syphilis (Tanner), against stomach-ache and gonorrhoea (Maitland)CONSERVATION Least concern (LC) The other subspecies, subsp. schimperi (Sch.Bip.) J.Baagøe, is restricted to Ethiopia. It is distinct in the more annual habit and fewer outer phyllaries. There is one collection from Kitale (anno 1962), said to be of plants hanging on from being cultivated a few years before. This taxon is sometimes cultivated as ‘wild Niger oil’. Charles Jeffrey (pers. comm.) feels this taxon is more closely related to G. abyssinica – possibly the wild ancestral form of the crop! - and should be transferred to that species.

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