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Vernonia miombicoloides

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Vernonia miombicoloides C.Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Gilbert MG, 1977
Related name
  • Vernonia miombicoloides

Flora

Entry for Vernonia miombicoloides C. Jeffrey [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 miombicoloides C. Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 246 (1988). Type: Tanzania, Iringa District, Ruaha National Park, Magangwe Ranger Post, Bjørnstad 2091 (K!, holo., O, iso.)
Information
Annual or possibly biennial herb 40–50 cm tall; stems ascending-pubescent, also with scattered coarser hairs. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 2–6.5 cm long, 0.2–0.6 cm wide, base attenuate, margins minutely apiculate-denticulate, apex obtuse, coarsely scattered-pubescent. Capitula in lax corymbiform cymes; involucre 6–9 mm long; phyllaries 3-seriate, lanceolate, 3–6 mm long, attenuate, almost glabrous. Corolla mauve or violet, 5–6.5 mm long, glandular, lobes ± 2 mm long, shortly stiffly hairy at the apex. Achenes 1.2–1.5 mm long; outer pappus of conspicuous scales 0.6–0.8 mm long, inner 3.5–4 mm long, purplish.
Range
DISTR. T 7 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1330 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Iringa District Ruaha National Park, Magangwe Ranger Post, Mar. 1972, Bjørnstad 1471! & Dec. 1972, Bjørnstad 2091!
Notes
Differs from V. miombicola in the phyllaries, which are subglabrous and always erect (protologue).

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