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Gutenbergia polycephala

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Name

Identification
Gutenbergia gracilis Muschl. ex S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Gutenbergia polycephala Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE ]
Related name
  • Gutenbergia gracilis
  • Gutenbergia polycephala

Flora

Entry for GUTENBERGIA polycephala O. & H. [family ]
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
GUTENBERGIA polycephala O. & H. [family ], in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. xv. 95 (1876).
Information
Erect branching more or less hoary-tomentose herb; stem terete striate thinly tomentose. Upper leaves sessile, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1–2 in. long, from an obtuse or cordate-amplexicaul base, entire or subentire, glabrescent or scaberulous above, whitish-tomentose beneath. Capitula small in diffuse cymose panicles, on slender peduncles varying to 1/2– 3/4 in. Involucral scales appressed, pauciseriate, outer shorter linear-lanceolate, inner oval-oblong 3-nerved, acute or at length weathered and obtuse. Achenes obovoid, longitudinally and subequally 10–12-costate, glabrous or with thinly scattered short hairs.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Kilwa and Monfia, Dr. Kirk!South Central With specimens from region of Lake Tanganyika, Cameron!

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