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Vernonia galamensis (A. Rich.) M.G. Gilbert var. petitiana [family COMPOSITAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

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 galamensis (A. Rich.) M.G. Gilbert var. petitiana [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 41: 25 (1986). Type: Ethiopia, Yedjou, Quartin Dillon & Petit (P!, holo.) Vernonia petitiana A. Rich. [family COMPOSITAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 373 (1848)
Information
Annual herb, 0.4–4.5 m high, erect and lightly to densely branched. Leaves dark green, paler beneath, (5.5–)7.5–20 times as long as wide, often less than 11.5 mm wide, margins sharply serrate, often revolute, with conspicuous pale veins. Capitula urceolate; involucre 8–12(–16) mm long, pilose but glabrescent; phyllary tips 0.3–0.6 mm wide. Corolla blue or pale blue, less often mauve or purple. Pappus buff.
Range
DISTR. U 1; K 1, 2, 4, 6; T 3–5, 7
Altitude range
550–2000 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Moyale, July 1952, Gillett 13544!KENYA Machakos District Chyulu Hills, June 1981, Gilbert 6244a!KENYA Masai District Olorgesailie [Lorgasailie], Aug. 1943, Bally 2620!TANZANIA Pare District Pare Mts, Vunta, May 1983, Archbold 2980!TANZANIA Nzega District 24 km in Igunga–Nzega road, May 1994, Bidgood & Vollesen 3307!TANZANIA Iringa District Ruaha National Park, near H.Q. at Msembe, Renvoize & Abdallah 2168!UGANDA Karamoja District Pian County, Lodoketeminit, July 1959, Kerfoot 1308! & Moroto, May 1940, A.S. Thomas 3426! & Kangole, Sep. 1949, Tweedie 774!
Distribution (external)
; Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia
Notes
The typical variety, var. galamensis, occurs in West Africa.
Vernonia galamensis (A. Rich.) M.G. Gilbert var. petitiana [family COMPOSITAE]
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