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Athroisma stuhlmannii

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Identification
Polycline stuhlmannii O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Eriksson, T., Athroisma stuhlmannii (O.Hoffm.) Mattf. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Athroisma inevitabile
  • Polycline stuhlmannii
  • Athroisma stuhlmannii
  • Athroisma psyllioides

Flora

Entry for Athroisma stuhlmannii O.Hoffm. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Athroisma stuhlmannii O.Hoffm. [family ], in E.J. 20: 233 (1894); T. Eriksson in J.L.S. 119: 174, fig. 40 (1995). Type: ?Tanzania, Shinyanga District: Seke [Sseke], Stuhlmann 4194 (B†, holo.); neotype: Moshi District: 5 km NE of Magugu, Eriksson, Kalema & Leliyo 538 (B, neo., K!, NHT, S, isoneo.)
Information
Annual herb 15–90 cm high; young branches glabrous. Leaves narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate, 3.5–8.5 cm long, 0.5–2.5 cm wide, base attenuate, margins serrate, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous; 3 main veins from base; petiole absent or up to 17 mm long. Glomerules solitary at the nodes, sessile, 9–18 mm in diameter; phyllaries absent; paleae 2.5–4 mm long. Florets white or slightly pink because of pink anthers, female florets absent; disc florets 1.5–2.5 mm long. Achenes obovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, slightly hairy and glandular near the apex; pappus a ring of basally connected hairs 0.1 mm long.
Range
DISTR. K 5; T 1, 2, 5
Altitude range
850–1300 m
Distribution
KENYA Kisumu District Nyandala–Kisumu, Dec. 1968, Kokwaro 1653 & Kibos, Dec. 1976, Ochieng 2 & Nanga, Aug. 1934, Turner 6790TANZANIA Musoma District Majimoto, Apr. 1959, Tanner 4081!TANZANIA Mbulu District 6 km N of Magugu, Apr. 1964, Welch 569!TANZANIA Dodoma District 7 m on Bahi–Kilimatinde road, Apr. 1988, Bidgood et al. 1202!
Distribution (external)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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