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Senecio gwinnerianus

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Name

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

Flora

Entry for Senecio transmarinus C.Jeffrey var. virungae [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 C.Jeffrey var. virungae [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 41: 903 (1986). Type: Uganda, Kigezi District, Muchoza valley, Kutland 181 (K!, holo.)
Senecio gwinnerianus Muschl. var. virungae [family COMPOSITAE], in Z.A.E. 2: 397 (1911). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Karisimbi, Mildbraed 1606 (BR!, fragm.) & 1616 (B†, SYN.) put into synonymy of S. sabinjoensis by Jeffrey, but Lisowski believes they are S. transmarinus(fide Lisowski 1991), and we agree.
Information
Leaves to 8 cm long and 5 cm wide, leaf margins crenulate to remote-dentate; 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); endemic to Virunga
Altitude range
2250–2400 m
Distribution
UGANDA Kigezi District summit of mountain road, June 1938, Tothill 2730! & Muchoza valley S of Kabale, May 1953, Kutland 181! & Muko, above Lake Bunyonyi, Jan. 1962, Morison 222!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Data deficient (DD)

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