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Phagnalon nitidum

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Name

Identification
Phagnalon nitidum Fresen. 1833 [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Phagnalon nitidum
  • Phagnalon schweinfurthii
  • Phagnalon abyssinicum
  • Phagnalon quartinianum

Flora

Entry for PHAGNALON nitidum Fresen. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
PHAGNALON nitidum Fresen. [family COMPOSITAE], DC. Prodr. v. 397.
Phagnalon abyssinicum Schultz Bip. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. i. n. 251; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. p. 396, excl. synon.
Phagnalon Quartinianum A. Rich. [family COMPOSITAE], l.c.
Information
Much branched and shrubby below from a woody decumbent stock, 2 ft. high or more. Branches ascending terete leafy and hoary-tomentose above as well as the under-surfaces of the leaves and peduncles. Leaves linear, acute, sessile, subamplexicaul, entire or distantly dentate or denticulate, flat or with revolute margins, 1–3 in. long by 1/12– 1/4 in. wide. Capitula campanulate-hemispherical, many-flowered, 1/3– 1/2 in. diameter, solitary or loosely corymbose on long slender peduncles 1/2–5 in. long, terminal and from the upper axils. Scales of involucre multiseriate, imbricated, glabrous, or nearly so; inner linear, acuminate, caducous; outer obovate, rounded at apex, persistent. Achenes thinly hairy.
Range
Extends through Arabia and Persia to Affghanistan and Beloochistan.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Petit! Q. Dillon!
Notes
Abyssinian name Teum Tsch'enna .

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