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Notonia hildebrandtii

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Identification
Isotype of Notonia hildebrandtii Vatke [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Kleinia abyssinica (Vatke) C.Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Kleinia abyssinica
  • Notonia hildebrandtii

Flora

Entry for KLEINIA abyssinica (Vatke) C. Jeffrey var. hildebrandtii [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje (Acanthospermum, Ageratum, Aspilia, Atractylis, Blainvillea, Blumea, Carthamus, Cirsium, Conyza, Crepis, Dichrocephala, Distephanus, Echinops, Eclipta, Erlangera, Felicia, Flaveria, Geigera, Gerbera, Grangea, Gutenbergia, Helichrysum, Iphiona, Iphionopsis, Jurinea, Laggera, Litogyne, Osteospermum, Pegolettia, Pentanema, Pseudoblepharispermum, Pseudognaphalium, Psiadia, Pulicaria, Reichardia, Sclerocarpus, Sonchus, Sphaeranthus, Tagetes, Tarchonanthus, Tridax, Vernonia, Volutaria, Xanthium), T. Eriksson (Athroisma, Blepharispermum), N. Kilian (Launaea), S. King-Jones & M. Thulin (Pluchea), Mesfin Tadesse (Bidens), S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña (Dicoma), and M. Thulin (Cineraria, Doellia, Emilia, Erythroseris, Euryops, Galinsoga, Gynura, Helianthus, Kleinia, Lactuca, Pentzia, Senecio, Solanecio, Verbesina, Zinnia). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
KLEINIA abyssinica (Vatke) C. Jeffrey var. hildebrandtii [family ], in Kew Bull. 41: 928 (1986);
Notonia hildebrandtii Vatke [family COMPOSITAE], (1877). [type as above]
Information
Plant up to c. 0.5 m tall; leaves 3–11 x 0.5–3 cm. Capitula few; phyllaries 8–12, 12–23 mm long.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Paoli 330.
Distribution (external)
S Ethiopia
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Dem. Rep. Congo
Rwanda
Burundi
Notes
The single collection seen from Somalia was made between “Torda” and “Margherita” in 1913. Var. abyssinica, with taller stems, larger leaves, often higher number of capitula, and usually 13 phyllaries 16–31 mm long, is widespread in tropical Africa.

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