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Name

Identification
Vernonia braunii Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Vernonia iodocalyx Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE ]
Related name
  • Vernonia iodocalyx
  • Vernonia braunii
  • Vernonia lasiopus

Flora

Entry for Vernonia lasiopus (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey var. iodocalyx [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 1, page 1, (2000) Author: H. J. Beentje, M.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S.
Names
Vernonia lasiopus (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey var. iodocalyx [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 239 (1988). Syntypes: Tanzania, Lushoto/Tanga District, Usambara, Bangarra, Holst 545 (B†, syn.), Bulua, Holst 3314 & 4327 (both K!, syn.)
Vernonia iodocalyx O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 403 (1895); T.T.C.L.: 161 (1949)
Vernonia braunii Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in E.J. 46: 73 (1911); T.T.C.L.: 161 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District, Usambara, Amani, Braun 1979 (B†, holo., K!, iso.)
Vernonia salutarii S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 47: 264 (1915), as saltuarii; T.T.C.L.: 162 (1949), as saltuarii . Type: Tanzania, Kilosa District, ?Madoroma [Madolema], Swynnerton 827 (BM!, holo.)
Vernonia fulgens Gilli [family COMPOSITAE], in Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 78: 163 (1974). Type: Tanzania, Uluguru, Mgeta, Zerny 656 (W!, holo.)
Information
Shrub or woody herb 0.6–3 m tall. Leaves ovate or elliptic, base attenuate into unwinged exauriculate petioloid base. Involucre 10–14 mm long; inner phyllaries white, with appendages 4.5–10 mm long, 1.7–3.8 mm wide. Achenes 2.2–3.6 mm long.
Range
DISTR. T 3, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
50–2100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Lushoto District Lushoto, Nov. 1968, Ruffo 156!TANZANIA Tanga District 10 km from Amani above I.B.C. Saw Mills, Feb. 1971, Magogo 1478!TANZANIA Morogoro District Vikoza Forest Reserve, Mar. 1955, Semsei 2030!
Notes
Though C.D. Adams in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 276 (1963) cites V. iodocalyx this taxon does not occur outside East Africa.

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