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Senecio confertoides

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Name

Identification
Senecio confertoides De Wild. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Senecio transmarinus S.Moore [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Senecio transmarinus
  • Senecio confertoides

Flora

Entry for Senecio transmarinus var. transmarinus [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
Senecio transmarinus var. transmarinus [family COMPOSITAE], ; A.V.P.: 362 (1957); C. Jeffrey in K.B. 41: 902 (1986); Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 312 (1991)
Senecio confertoides De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 101 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Lanuri, Bequaert 4672 (BR!, SYN.)
Senecio lanuriensis De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 107 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Lanuri, Bequaert 4545 (BR!, holo.)
Information
Stem leaves ± auriculate, dentate to double-dentate, to 24 cm long and 5 cm wide; involucre 7–10 mm long, 3.5–5.5 mm in diameter; calyculus bracts 2–7.5 mm long; phyllaries 6–9 mm long. Ray florets 8–9.
Range
DISTR. U 2 Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda; endemic to Ruwenzori and Virunga
Altitude range
2400–2700 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Ruwenzori, Kivata, May 1893–94, Scott Elliot 7730! & ?Yerua, Scott Elliot 7877! & Ruwenzori, Aug. 1938, Purseglove 223!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Three specimens known from Uganda; data deficient (DD)

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