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Vernonia lentii

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Identification
Isotype of Vernonia lentii Volkens & O.Hoffm. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Vernonia cinerea
  • Vernonia lentii

Flora

Entry for Vernonia cinerea (Volkens & O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey var. lentii [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 cinerea (Volkens & O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey var. lentii [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 224 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Moshi/Pare District, Pangani R. & Himo, Volkens 561 (B†, holo., BR!, iso.)
Vernonia lentii Volkens & O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 404 (1895)
Information
 Annual or perennial. Leaf base attenuate-decurrent or subtruncate and narrowly decurrent on to the petioloid base; margins coarsely serrate, apex obscurely acuminate, often rather silky-sericeous beneath. Capitula rather divaricate; inner phyllaries 4-5 mm long; corolla 4.5-7.5 mm long. Achenes 1.6-2.8 mm long, inner pappus 3-3.5 mm long.
Range
Distr.K 1, 3, 4, 7; T 2, 3, 5
Altitude range
(80-)650-1700 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mt Kulal, Gatab, Nov. 1978, Hepper & Jaeger 6897!KENYA Baringo District Chebloch, Feb. 1962, Tweedie 2309!KENYA Machakos District Kibwezi Hill, Nov. 1979, Gatheri et al. 79/147!TANZANIA Mbulu District Lake Manyara National Park, above Endabash, June 1965, Greenway & Kanuri 11851!TANZANIA Moshi District Kikafu, Mar. 1955, Huxley 168!TANZANIA Mbulu/Kondoa District Kikori, Feb. 1930, Burtt 2789!
Distribution (external)
; Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi

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