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Identification
Isotype of Senecio cortesianus Muschl. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Senecio transmarinus S.Moore [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lisowski S., 1988
Related name
  • Senecio transmarinus
  • Senecio cortesianus

Flora

Entry for Senecio transmarinus (S.Moore) Hedb. var. sycephyllus [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 (S.Moore) Hedb. var. sycephyllus [family COMPOSITAE], A.V.P.: 244, 362 (1957); C. Jeffrey in K.B. 41: 902 (1986), as sycephalus; Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 314, t. 68 (1991). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Scott Elliot 7965 (BM!, holo., K!, iso.)
Senecio sycephyllus S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 37: 324 (1906)
Senecio coreopsoides Chiov. [family COMPOSITAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 6: 149 (1907). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Roccati s.n. (TO, holo.)
Senecio cortesianus Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in Z.A.E.: 399 (1911). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Butagu Valley, Mildbraed 2552 (B†, holo., BR!, iso.) – note – BR label has the number 2582
Information
Basal leaves sessile; stem leaves ± auriculate, pinnately lobed with ovate, rounded, ± apiculate-lobulate lobes, to 8 cm long and 6.5 cm wide; involucre 6.5–10 mm long, 3.5–5.5 mm in diameter; calyculus bracts 2–7.5 mm long; phyllaries 6–10 mm long. Ray florets 8–9.
Range
DISTR. U 2 Congo (Kinshasa); endemic to Ruwenzori
Altitude range
2850–4200 m
Distribution
UGANDA Toro District Ruwenzori, Bujuku Valley near Bigo Camp, Mar. 1948, Hedberg 357! & Freshfield Pass, July 1951, Osmaston 3888! & near Nyamileju Hut, Dec. 1968, Lye 1248!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Seventeen specimens from Uganda; data deficient (DD) Leaf margins vary considerably in the material seen and Osmaston 1252 from 2400 m has the stem leaves conforming to the description of var. transmarinus but lower leaves are pinnatilobed as in var. sycephyllus. Magogo 31 from 2600 m has most leaves dentate but some seem to be almost pinnatilobed.

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