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Notonia urundiensis

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Identification
Notonia urundiensis De Wild. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Kleinia abyssinica (A.Rich.) A.Berger [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jeffrey C., 1984
Related name
  • Notonia urundiensis
  • Kleinia abyssinica

Flora

Entry for Kleinia abyssinica (Vatke) C.Jeffrey var. hildebrandtii [family ]
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
Kleinia abyssinica (Vatke) C.Jeffrey var. hildebrandtii [family ], in K.B. 41: 928 (1986); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 523 (1987); P. Halliday, Noteworthy sp. Kleinia, in Hookers Ic. Pl. 29 (4): 83, t. 3890 (1988). Type: Kenya, Mombasa, Hildebrandt 1946 (W, holo., K!, M!, P!, iso.)
Notonia hildebrandtii Vatke [family COMPOSITAE], in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 27: 197 (1877); Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 654, fig. 203/1 (1985)
Crassocephalum notonoides S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J. B. 40: 341 (1902). Type: Kenya, Machakos District: Kibwezi, Kassner 718, 719 (B!, SYN.)
Gynura notonoides (S.Moore) S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J. B. 50: 212 (1912)
Notonia urundiensis De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 443 (1929). Type: Burundi, Kitete, Elskens 25 (BR!, holo.)
Information
Plant decumbent then ascending or erect, 15–120 cm high. Leaves cuneate to attenuate into narrow petioloid base, sometimes with whitish veins, often with recurving margins, 3–19 cm long, 0.5–5.5 cm wide. Capitula 1–3(–6); inflorescence bracts usually comparatively small and narrow; phyllaries 8–13, 15–24 mm long.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 2, 4; K 2–4, 6, 7; T 2, 3, 7
Altitude range
20–2700 m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Ortum, Marich Pass, Oct. 1977, Carter & Stannard 50!KENYA Masai District top of Ngong Hills, July 1972, Kibue 181!KENYA Kilifi District Jaribuni, June 1973, Musyoki & Hansen 971!TANZANIA Mbulu/Masai District Ngorongoro, Seneto Crater wall, Jan. 1989, Pocs & Chuwa 89/034v!TANZANIA Tanga District Mtotohovu, Dec. 1935, Greenway 4255!TANZANIA Iringa District Iringa, Mar. 1932, Lynes 198!UGANDA Karamoja District Lodoketeminit, July 1959, Kerfoot 1306!UGANDA Ankole District Mbarara Plantation, Ruti, Jan. 1953, Osmaston 2804!UGANDA Masaka District Kyotera, Nov. 1945, Purseglove 1856!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
Notes
USES. Warmed leaves are applied against rheumatism, or used for woundsCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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