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Hypericophyllum angolense

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Name

Identification
Hypericophyllum angolense (O.Hoffm.) N.E.Br. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Jaumea angolensis O.Hoffm. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Jaumea unrecorded
  • Jaumea angolensis
  • Hypericophyllum angolense
  • Jaumea oliveri

Flora

Entry for Hypericophyllum angolense (O.Hoffm.) N.E.Br. [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
Hypericophyllum angolense (O.Hoffm.) N.E.Br. [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 122 (1902); G.V. Pope in Kirkia 10: 106, t. 2 (1975). Type: Angola, Huila, Chela, Newton s.n.; Huila, Antunes s.n.; Malange, Teucsz in von Mechow 470 (all B†, SYN.)
Jaumea angolensis O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. 10: 178 (1892)
Hypericophyllum scabridum N.E.Br. [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 122, t. 6 (1902). Types: Malawi, between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyte s.n. & Manganja Hills, Kirk s.n. & Shire Highlands near Blantyre, Buchanan 73 & 439 (all K!, SYN.)
Information
Perennial herb 0.2–1 m high; rootstock creeping, short and stout with long brown roots; stem ribbed, scabrid. Leaves opposite, the lower appressed to the ground, oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, less often ovate or elliptic, 3–20 cm long, 0.5–10 cm wide, base attenuate and connate with that of the opposite leaf, margins entire, apex obtuse, scabrid or hispid-pilose on both surfaces, glandular; with 3 main veins. Capitula solitary on long stalks, sometimes apparently branched inflorescences with very long stalks to individual heads; involucre 7–15 mm long; phyllaries 4–15 mm long, pubescent or glabrous. Florets many; corolla orange or reddish-orange, 9–10 mm long, pilose. Achenes ellipsoid or narrowly obovoid, 4–9 mm long, ribbed, hispidulous, glandular; pappus of bristles 3–7 mm long, winged near base, hooked at apex.
Range
DISTR. T 4, 5, 7, 8
Altitude range
950–1950 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Mpanda District Mpanda–Uvinza road, May 2000, Bidgood et al. 4453!TANZANIA Njombe District 13 km past fork on Mbeya–Njombe road, May 1962, Boaler 549!TANZANIA Songea District 73 km on Songea–Njombe road, Mar. 1991, Bidgood et al. 2098!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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