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Vernonia adoensis

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Identification
Isotype of Vernonia adoensis Sch.Bip. ex Walp. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Vernonia shirensis
  • Vernonia kotschyana
  • Vernonia latisquama
  • Vernonia macrocephala
  • baccharoides adoensis
  • Vernonia tigrensis
  • vernonia kotschyana
  • Vernonia cardiolepis
  • Vernonia adoensis
  • Vernonia bequaertii
  • Stengelia unrecorded
  • Vernonia grantii
  • vernonia adoensis
  • Ascaricida buchingeri
  • Stengelia kotschyana
  • Stengelia adoensis
  • stengelia adoensis
  • Vernonia buchingeri
  • stengelia kotschyana
  • Vernonia woodii
  • Vernonia polymorpha
Common name
  • cìkà fágeé probably applying to several plants (JMD; ZOG) domashi (JMD; ZOG) kùmbùrà fágeé (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • óríwò (Amayo) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ewúrò-ọ̀dàn = ewúro of the plain or grassy field (JMD) ewúrò-oko = ewúrò of the farm (auctt.) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Vernonia adoensis var. adoensis [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 6, Part 1, (1992) Author: G. V. Pope
Names
Vernonia adoensis var. adoensis [family COMPOSITAE], TAB.22 fig. 12.
Vernonia integra S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in Journ. Bot. 46: 39 (1918). —Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc., S. Afr. 5: 504 (1916). Type: Zimbabwe, Mazowe (Mazoe), Eyles 277 (BM, holotype; SRGH).
Information
Leaves of upper stem subsessile or shortly petiolate; lamina lanceolate, narrowly cuneate at the base, tomentose to sparsely pubescent or glabrescent below. Phyllaries white hispidulous or puberulous; appendages linear-elliptic, as wide as phyllary (occasionally wider), ± narrowed in lower portion often constricted at junction with phyllary lamina, appendages of outer and middle phyllaries occasionally much expanded in apical portion becoming leaf-like, exceeding phyllary in length, flat or somewhat undulate.
Habitat
Grassland with scattered trees, miombo and other woodlands, often beside streams.
Range
Widespread, extendingfrom Nigeria and Ethiopia southward through Zaire and E. Africa to Zimbabwe
Distribution
Malawi N Nyika Plaleau, vii.1896, Whyte s.n. (K).Zimbabwe C Harare, v.1932, Eyles 7137 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mvurwi (Umvukwe) Mts., c. 8 km. N. of Banket, 23.iv.1948, Rodin 4389 (K).

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