IPHIONOPSIS rotundifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Anderb. [family COMPOSITAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje (Acanthospermum, Ageratum, Aspilia, Atractylis, Blainvillea, Blumea, Carthamus, Cirsium, Conyza, Crepis, Dichrocephala, Distephanus, Echinops, Eclipta, Erlangera, Felicia, Flaveria, Geigera, Gerbera, Grangea, Gutenbergia, Helichrysum, Iphiona, Iphionopsis, Jurinea, Laggera, Litogyne, Osteospermum, Pegolettia, Pentanema, Pseudoblepharispermum, Pseudognaphalium, Psiadia, Pulicaria, Reichardia, Sclerocarpus, Sonchus, Sphaeranthus, Tagetes, Tarchonanthus, Tridax, Vernonia, Volutaria, Xanthium), T. Eriksson (Athroisma, Blepharispermum), N. Kilian (Launaea), S. King-Jones & M. Thulin (Pluchea), Mesfin Tadesse (Bidens), S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña (Dicoma), and M. Thulin (Cineraria, Doellia, Emilia, Erythroseris, Euryops, Galinsoga, Gynura, Helianthus, Kleinia, Lactuca, Pentzia, Senecio, Solanecio, Verbesina, Zinnia). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
IPHIONOPSIS rotundifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Anderb. [family COMPOSITAE], (1985);. type: Somalia, without precise locality, Playfair s.n. (K holo.). Fig. 344.
Iphiona rotundifolia Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], (1877);. type: Somalia, without precise locality, Playfair s.n. (K holo.). Fig. 344.
Pluchea serra Franch. [family COMPOSITAE], (1882);. type: Somalia, without precise locality, Révoil 59 (P holo.).
Information
Shrublet 0.3–1.2 m high, once described as straggling; stems glabrous. Leaves strongly aromatic, elliptic or obovate, petiole 2–8 mm long, blade 0.5–4 x 0.4–3 cm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins spiny-dentate, the teeth gland-tipped, apex obtuse or spiny-dentate, glabrous but for a few glandular hairs near the base. Capitula solitary on branchlets, forming lax leafy corymbs; involucre 4–8 mm long; phyllaries whitish with green midrib, lanceolate, 2–8 mm long, margins membranous and slightly erose to ciliate, acute, glabrous. Florets reddish violet or purple, 10–15, 7–7.7 mm long. Achenes cylindric, 2–2.4 mm long, villous, glandular; pappus 7.5–8.5 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S2
Altitude range
60–1050 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4432; Elmi & Hansen 4055; Thulin & Warfa 5321.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Kenya
Notes
Gedgabot, gogobo, gugabod (Som.). Used for flavouring tea and as stomach medicine, also used in treating camels’ sores.
IPHIONOPSIS rotundifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Anderb. [family COMPOSITAE]
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