Compilation
Sigesbeckia abyssinica

10 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Micractis bojeri DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Mesfin Tadesse, 1999 Isotype of Limnogenneton abyssinicum Sch. Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Criphiospermum abyssinicum C. H. Schultz, Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Sigesbeckia abyssinica [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Sigesbeckia emirnensis
  • Minyranthes heterophylla
  • Limnogenneton abyssinicum
  • Sigesbeckia abyssinica
  • Sigesbeckia orientalis
  • Criphiospermum abyssinicum
  • Micractis bojeri
  • Micractis boferi

Flora

Entry for SIGESBECKIA abyssinica O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
SIGESBECKIA abyssinica O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
SIGESBECKIA orientalis Benth. et Hook. f. [family COMPOSITAE], (forma),Gen. Pl. ii. p. 359.
Limnogenneton abyssinicum Schultz Bip. [family ], in Walp. Rep. vi. p. 147.
Cryphiospermum abyssinicum Schultz Bip. [family ], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. ii. n. 1059, and in Walp. l. c.
Information
Scabrid herb, 2–3 ft. high. Stem erect, sulcate-striate, terete, but little branched. Leaves ovate or the upper lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, membranous, somewhat excavated near the wedge-shaped base, 2–4 by 1/2–1 1/2 in.; petioles 1/8–1 in., amplexicaul. Capitula 1/4– 1/3 in. diameter, hemispherical, on peduncles ranging up to 2/3 in., in a leafy narrow panicle. Bracts of the involucre 4–5, oblong, pubescent, 1/6 in. long, obscurely 5-nerved, exceeding the paleæ. Some minute sessile glands are scattered over the bracts of the involucre.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! Quartin Dillon.
Notes
Differs from S. orientalis, L., by much shorter outer involucral bracts, without stalked glands.

Related Materials