Compilation
Mikaniopsis bambuseti
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Name
Identification
Senecio bambuseti R.E.Fr. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Mikaniopsis bambuseti (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
- Mikaniopsis bambuseti
- Senecio bambuseti
Flora
Entry for Mikaniopsis bambuseti (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [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
Mikaniopsis bambuseti (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 41: 878 (1986); K.T.S.L.: 558, fig. (1994); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 219 (1994). Types: Kenya, Mt Kenya, Fries & Fries 1203 (UPS, SYN., K! photo.) & Nyandarua/Aberdare Mts, Fries & Fries 2749 (UPS, SYN.)
Senecio bambuseti R.E.Fr. [family COMPOSITAE], in Act. Hort. Berg. 9: 155 (1928)
Mikaniopsis clematoides [family COMPOSITAE], sensu Agnew, U.K.W.F.: 471 (1974), non (A. Rich.) Milne-Redh.
Information
Scandent subshrub to 8 m long; stems white-tomentose, glabrescent, glandular. Leaves membranous, dark green above, ovate, 5–13 cm long, 3–11 cm wide, base cordate (the incision acute), margins sinuate-denticulate with glandular-apiculate teeth, apex acute to abruptly acuminate, glabrous to lanate above, densely white-tomentose beneath; palmately 5–7-veined from the base; petiole 1–8 cm long. Capitula in dense terminal and upper axillary paniculoid corymbs, disciform; stalk of individual heads 3.5–9 mm long; involucre obconic, to 6 mm long and 2–3 mm wide; bracts of calyculus 3–7, ± 3 mm long; phyllaries 7–10, oblong-lanceolate, 4–5.5 mm long, acute to acuminate, tomentellous to glabrous. Florets ± 12, outer female, inner hermaphrodite, corollas 5–8.2 mm long, pale yellow to almost white; lobes 1.2–1.5 mm long. Achenes cylindrical, 1–2.4 mm long, ribbed, glabrous; pappus 5–11 mm long, creamy white. Fig. 129 (page 615).
Range
DISTR. U 2; K 2–4, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
2100–3150 m
Distribution
KENYA Elgeyo District Cherangani Hills between Kaptalamwa and Tangul, Feb. 1985, Townsend 2393!KENYA Nakuru District Mt Londiani 12 km ENE of Londiani, Dec. 1967, Perdue & Kibuwa 9225!KENYA Masai District Nasampolai Valley W side, Sep. 1972, Greenway & Kanuri 15056!UGANDA Mbale District Mt Elgon, Sasa trail, 28 Dec. 1996, Wesche 474! & same locality, 6 Jan. 1997, Wesche 691!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area CONSERVATION Restricted in distribution but with rather wide altitude range; least concern (LC) Reported to flower only rarely, but observed to flower during the first and the last quarter of the year. Luke reports he has seen this in the Bale Mts in Ethiopia, in 2003.