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Senecio rubens

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Name

Identification
Senecio rubens Juss. ex Jacq. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Crassocephalum rubens
  • Senecio rubens

Flora

Entry for Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens [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
Crassocephalum rubens var. rubens [family COMPOSITAE]
Senecio rubens Jacq. [family COMPOSITAE], Hort. Vindob. 3: 50, t. 98 (1777)
Senecio cernuus L.f. [family COMPOSITAE], Suppl.: 370 (1782), nom. illegit. superfl. Type as above
Gynura cernua Benth. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hook., Niger Fl.: 437 (1849); Oliv. & Hiern, F.T.A. 3: 402 (1877), nom. illegit. superfl.
Gynura rubens (Jacq.) Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in F.R. 11: 119 (1912)
Information
Leaves often narrowly and deeply 2–8-lobed. Capitula 1–4; involucre broadly cylindrical, 9.5–13 mm long, 5–8 mm in diameter; bract of calyculus 12–23; phyllaries 13–25, commonly 21; disc florets blue, purple, mauve, magenta, pink or red.
Range
DISTR. U 1–4; K 3–5; T 1, 4, 6–8 W Africa from Liberia to Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia and S to South Africa; Madagascar, Comoro Is., Mauritius, Reunion
Distribution
KENYA Elgon, Oct.–Nov. 1930, Lugard 439!KENYA Fort Hall District Thika to Muranga, Mar. 1948, Bogdan 1539!KENYA Nairobi, Sep. 1915, Dowson 304!TANZANIA Mpanda District Tumba, Jan. 1952, Siame 113!TANZANIA Rungwe District Rungwe Forest Reserve, May 1983, Macha 317!TANZANIA Njombe District Luilo, Sep. 1970, Thulin & Mhoro 1175!UGANDA W Nile District Kisomoro, Terego, Apr. 1940, Eggeling 3877!UGANDA Toro District Nyakatonzi, Aug. 1961, Wilson 1189!UGANDA Masaka District Lwera on Masaka–Kampala road, Feb. 1971, Kabuye 330!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area CONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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