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Vernonia vollesenii

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Identification
Isotype of Vernonia vollesenii C.Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Vernonia aemulans
  • Vernonia viatorum
  • Vernonia vollesenii

Flora

Entry for Vernonia vollesenii 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 vollesenii C. Jeffrey [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 43: 222 (1988), as vollensenii. Type: Tanzania, Kilwa District, Kingupira Forest, Vollesen in MRC 3310 (K!, holo., C, iso.)
Information
 Erect perennial herb 35 cm tall; stems inconspicuously appressed-pubescent with short T-shaped hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong or slightly obovate, 2-4.4 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide, cuneate-attenuate into a petioloid base, margins entire, apex obtuse, apiculate, sparsely inconspicuously pubescent, glabrescent, densely glandular with sunken glands. Capitula few in lax terminal corymbiform cymes; stalks of individual capitula shortly ascending-pubescent; involucre 7-9 mm long, 5-7 mm in diameter at flowering time; phyllaries 3-4-seriate, lanceolate, acute, 2-6.6 mm long, sparsely pubescent, glandular. Corolla purple, 8 mm long, tube subcylindrical, lobes 2.2 mm long, pubescent with slender appressed hairs. Achene (immature) ascending-pubescent, especially on ribs; outer pappus of narrow lanceolate laciniate scales, 1 mm long, inner pappus white, 5-6.5 mm long.
Range
Distr.T 8 known only from the type
Altitude range
± 100 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilwa District Kingupira Forest, Mar. 1976, Vollesen in MRC 3310!

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