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Gynura scandens

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Name

Identification
Gynura scandens O.Hoffm. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Gynura auriformis S.Moore [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Senecio seretii
  • Senecio rutshuruensis
  • Senecio clematoides
  • Crassocephalum ruwenzoriense
  • Senecio subalatipetiolatus
  • Gynura ruwenzoriensis
  • Gynura auriformis
  • Gynura brownii
  • Gynura taylori
  • Gynura scandens
  • Senecio variostipellatus

Flora

Entry for Gynura scandens O.Hoffm. [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
Gynura scandens O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 416 (1895); U.K.W.F. ed. 1: 471 (1974); F.G. Davies in K.B. 33: 337 (1978); Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 655 fig. 204/1 (1985); C. Jeffrey in K.B. 41: 929 (1986); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 425 (1987); Halliday & Hind in Kew Mag. 7, 3: 109, plate 151 (1990); Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 427, t. 90 (1991); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 225, t. 95 (1994). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District: Usambara, Lutindi, Holst 3315 (K!, lecto., BM!, M!, W, isolecto., chosen by Davies)
Crassocephalum scandens (O.Hoffm.) Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], Cat. Welw. Pl.: 595 (1898)
Crassocephalum ruwenzoriensis S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 352 (1902). Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori, Scott Elliot 7777 (BM!, holo.)
Crassocephalum auriformis S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 37: 171 (1904). Type: Uganda, Lake Victoria, Bagshawe 657 (BM!, holo.)
Gynura taylorii S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.Bot. 43: 23 (1906). Type: Kenya, Kilifi District: Rabai, Taylor s.n. (BM!, holo.)
Senecio seretii De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo 5, 3: 315 (1910); T.T.C.L.: 159 (1949). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), R. Arabi-Gonbari, Seret 707 (BR!, holo.)
Senecio agathionanthes Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in Z.A.E. 2: 385 (1911). Type: Rwanda, Rugege, Rukarara, Mildbraed 901 (B­†, holo.)
Gynura auriformis (S.Moore) S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.B. 50: 212 (1912)
Gynura ruwenzoriensis (S.Moore) S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.B. 50: 213 (1912)
Gynura brownii S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.B. 54: 281 (1916). Type: Uganda, Mengo District: 100 km NW of Kampala, E. Brown in Dummer 2723 (BM!, holo.)
Senecio rutshuruensis De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 130 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Rutshuru, Bequaert 6054 (BR!, holo.)
Senecio seretii De Wild. var. divergentiramus [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 132 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Fendula, Nyakolonge, Scaetta 666 (BR!, holo.)
Senecio subalatipetiolatus De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 134 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Blukwa, Claessens 1488 (BR!, holo.)
Senecio variostipellatus De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 135 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), between Mboga and Lesse, Bequaert 2980 (BR!, holo.)
Information
Climbing herb, 1.5–12 m long, slightly fleshy and with unpleasant smell. Leaves ovate or triangular, 2.5–12 cm long, 1.5–8 cm wide, cuneate to truncate or cordate into a petioloid base 1.5–6 cm long, auriculate or not, margins denticulate to dentate or shallowly lobed (lyrate), apex obtuse or acute, puberulous; 3–5-veined from base. Capitula several to many in terminal corymbs; involucre campanulate, 8–11 mm long; bracts of calyculus linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long; phyllaries 10–13, often with darker tips, 8–11 mm long, sparsely pubescent. Florets orange or less often yellow, 10–16 mm long, expanding in upper part, lobes 1.2–2 mm long, hooded at tip. Achenes 4.5 mm long, hairy in the grooves; pappus white, 8–11 mm long. Fig. 142 (page 698).
Range
DISTR. U 2–4; K 3–7; T 1–4, 6–8
Altitude range
1–2550 m
Distribution
KENYA Nakuru District 1 km N of Lake Nakuru, Aug. 1967, Mwangangi 86!KENYA Masai District Migori Bridge, June 1961, Glover et al. 1807!KENYA Kilifi District Mangea Hill, Mar. 1989, Luke & Robertson 1789!TANZANIA Lushoto District Kwamkoro Forest Reserve, May 1987, Iversen 87/372!TANZANIA Ufipa District Nsanga Forest, Aug. 1960, Richards 13009!TANZANIA Morogoro District Nguru Mts, Maskati Mission, Mar. 1988, Bidgood et al. 476!UGANDA Ankole District Rugongo, Jan. 1971, Rwaburindore 510!UGANDA Busoga District Bukizibu, June 1953, G.H.S. Wood 765!UGANDA Mengo District 16 km Wabusana–Luwero, July 1956, Langdale-Brown 2253!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Notes
USES. Minor medicinal against headache (Magogo); eaten by goats (Glover)CONSERVATION Least concern (LC) Looks quite like Solanecio nandensis but distinct in the flower colour (white to pale yellow in S. nandensis) and the longer pappus (5–8 mm in S. nandensis). The Solanecio also has 8 phyllaries and lacks the unpleasant smell.

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