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Porphyrostemma chevalieri

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Name

Identification
Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, 1950
Related name
  • Porphyrostemma grantii
  • Porphyrostemma chevalieri

Flora

Entry for Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O. Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O. Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalz. [family COMPOSITAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 158 (1931); Berhaut Fl. Sén. 204.
Porphyrostemma grantii var. chevalieri O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in MémSocBotFr2, 8: 41 (1908); ChevBot367.
Information
A herb from a few inches to 2 ft. high with pink florets in solitary flower-heads 3/4-1 in. across, terminal on the branches; a weed of sandy soil in arid districts.
Habitat
; a weed of sandy soil in arid districts.
Distribution
Sen.: Sinédone (Jan.) Chev. 2091! Kaolak (Oct.) Berhaut 3374!Port. G.: Bissoram (Oct.)Ghana: Navrongo (Nov.) Akpabla 387!N. Nig.: Sokoto Lely 144! Jos Plateau (Oct.-Dec.) Lely P840! Keay FHI 21024! Coombe 70! Yola (Nov.) Hepper 1193!
Distribution (external)
N. Rhodesia
Notes
[Except by the greater number of pappus-bristles this species is hardly to be distinguished from P. grantii Benth. ex Oliv. and P. cuanzense O. Hoffm., which together extend the range to Tanganyika and Angola-C. D. A.].

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