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Helichrysum arctotidifolium

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Name

Identification
Helichrysum arctotidifolium S.Moore [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Helichrysum arctotidifolium
  • Helichrysum nudifolium

Flora

Entry for HELICHRYSUM nudifolium (L.f.) Beentje var. pilosellum [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, page 315, (2002) Author: H.J. BEENTJE
Names
HELICHRYSUM nudifolium (L.f.) Beentje var. pilosellum [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 55: 359 (2000). Type: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Back/Forster s.n. (LINN 989.79, holo., microfiche!)
Gnaphalium pilosellum L.f. [family COMPOSITAE], Suppl. Pl.: 364 (1781)
Gnaphalium latifolium Thunb. [family COMPOSITAE], Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 152 (1800). Type: South Africa, Cape, Galgebosch, Thunberg sheet 19183 (UPS, holo.)
Helichrysum pilosellum (L.f.) Less. [family COMPOSITAE], Comp.: 297 (1832) quoad typus et syn., excl. descr.; Hilliard & B.L. Burtt in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 358 (1973); Hilliard, Comp. Natal: 172 (1977); Hilliard, F.S.A. 33, 7 (2): 229, fig. 47/2 (1983); Lisowski in F.A.C. Compositae, Inuleae: 106 (1989)
Helichrysum latifolium (Thunb.) Less. [family COMPOSITAE], Comp.: 297 (1832); DC., Prodr. 6: 198 (1838); Moeser in E.J. 44: 262 (1910)
Helichrysum arctotidifolium S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.B. 54: 255 (1916). Type: Zimbabwe, Melsetter, Fairview, Swynnerton s.n. (BM, holo., K!, iso.)
Information
Herb 15–60 cm high; rootstock crowned with old fibrous leaf-bases which are brown silky-woolly; stems several to many. Leaves narrowing to a clasping base, blade mucronate, long-pubescent with coarse hairs or scabridulous above. Phyllaries brown. Florets yellow or orange, 20–60, tube 2.6–3.5 mm long, anthers 1.2–1.6 mm long. 
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 3; T 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
1600–2800 m
Distribution
UGANDA Acholi District Imatongs, Lomwaga Mt, Apr. 1945, Greenway & Hummel 7294! & Lotuturu, Feb. 1969, Lye & Lester 2074!;KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Cherangani Mts, May 1949, Maas Geesteranus 4752!TANZANIA Iringa District Kigogo Forest, Dec. 1986, Lovett & Congdon 1197!;UGANDA Karamoja District Mt Lonyili, Apr. 1960, J. Wilson 995!TANZANIA Rungwe District N slopes of Rungwe Mt, Nov. 1966, Gillett 17675!;TANZANIA Songea District Lupembe Hill, Jan. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8090!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa) (Katanga)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
South Africa

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