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Vernonia macrocyanus

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Name

Identification
Vernonia macrocyanus O.Hoffm. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Vernonia macrocyanus
Common name
  • saàbúlùn ψán-maátaá (JMD; ZOG) saàbúlùn-maátaá = women’s soap (JMD) toozalin-kuuraa (ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Vernonia gerberiformis (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey subsp. macrocyanus [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 gerberiformis (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey subsp. macrocyanus [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 234 (1988); G.V. Pope in F.Z. 6: 94 (1992); Kalanda & Lisowski in Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 40 (2): 669, fig. 26 (1995). Type: Angola, Catumba, Welwitsch 3883 (BM!, iso.)
Vernonia macrocyanus O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot. 13: 20 (1896); S. Moore in J.B. 65, suppl. 2, Gamopet.: 49 (1927); C.D. Adams in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 280, fig. 271 (1963)
Vernonia tawaensis De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], in B.J.B.B. 5: 96 (1915). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Towa, Descamps (BR!, holo.)
Information
Leaves glabrous. Scape 12–38 cm long. Involucre 22–29 mm; appendage-like upper part of phyllaries triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, 6–14 mm long, 2.5–5.5 mm wide, 2.4–3.7 times as long as wide.
Range
DISTR. U 4?; T 4
Altitude range
900–1050 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kigoma District Mugombasi, Aug. 1959, Harley 9477!TANZANIA Mpanda District Mogambo, July 1968, Sanane 239! & 13 km from Sitalike to Lake Katabe, Oct. 1970, Richards & Arasululu 26235!UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe Botanic Gardens, “?introduced”, May 1934, Chandler 1159!
Distribution (external)
; Nigeria
Cameroon
Congo (Kinshasa)
Burundi
Angola
Zambia

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