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ANISOPAPPUS chinensis (Wild) S. Ortiz, Paiva & Rodr.-Oubiña subsp. oliveranus [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, page 315, (2002) Author: H.J. BEENTJE
Names
ANISOPAPPUS chinensis (Wild) S. Ortiz, Paiva & Rodr.-Oubiña subsp. oliveranus [family COMPOSITAE], in Anal. Jard. Bot. Madrid 54: 385 (1996). Type: Tanzania, Moshi District, Kilimanjaro, Johnston s.n. (K!, holo., BM, iso.)
Astephania africana Oliv. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.: t. 1506 (1886) & Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 2: 338 (1887). Type as for subsp. oliveranus
Sphacophyllum africanum (Oliv.) O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1894: 58 (1894) & P.O.A. C: 412 (1895)
Anisopappus oliveranus Wild [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 66 (1964), nom. nov .; U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 214 (1994), as oliverianus
Information
Perennial herb, 0.3–1.2 m high, the stems sometimes woody at base, often straggling or scandent; stems reddish, pubescent. Leaves aromatic, ovate or cordiform, often basally slightly 3–5-lobed, 1.5–8 cm long, 1–7 cm wide, base cordate, thinly pubescent in young leaves, rapidly becoming sparsely pilose on both surfaces, sparsely glandular beneath. Capitula 8–18 mm long;phyllaries 6–7 mm long. Florets with tube of outer florets infundibuliform, 1.2–2 mm long, ray 5–13 mm long, sparsely glandular beneath, style 2.8–3.3 mm long; inner florets with tube narrowly infundibuliform, 1.9–3.3 mm long, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm long. Achenes 0.9–1.5 mm long, glabrous; pappus absent, only a narrow rim visible.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 2, 3, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1200–2400 m
Distribution
KENYA Teita District Ngangao, Sep. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4347! & Vuria, Sep. 1962, Lewis 5933! & Kasigau, July 1937, Dale 3805!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mbulumbulu, July 1943, Greenway 6812!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Mtumbi Forest Reserve, Feb. 1985, Borhidi et al. 85649!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Lukwangule Plateau, S Uluguru Forest Reserve, Mar. 1955, Semsei 2070!
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, page 315, (2002) Author: H.J. BEENTJE
Names
ANISOPAPPUS chinensis (Wild) S. Ortiz, Paiva & Rodr.-Oubiña subsp. oliveranus [family COMPOSITAE], in Anal. Jard. Bot. Madrid 54: 385 (1996). Type: Tanzania, Moshi District, Kilimanjaro, Johnston s.n. (K!, holo., BM, iso.)
Astephania africana Oliv. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.: t. 1506 (1886) & Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 2: 338 (1887). Type as for subsp. oliveranus
Sphacophyllum africanum (Oliv.) O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1894: 58 (1894) & P.O.A. C: 412 (1895)
Anisopappus oliveranus Wild [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 66 (1964), nom. nov .; U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 214 (1994), as oliverianus
Information
Perennial herb, 0.3–1.2 m high, the stems sometimes woody at base, often straggling or scandent; stems reddish, pubescent. Leaves aromatic, ovate or cordiform, often basally slightly 3–5-lobed, 1.5–8 cm long, 1–7 cm wide, base cordate, thinly pubescent in young leaves, rapidly becoming sparsely pilose on both surfaces, sparsely glandular beneath. Capitula 8–18 mm long;phyllaries 6–7 mm long. Florets with tube of outer florets infundibuliform, 1.2–2 mm long, ray 5–13 mm long, sparsely glandular beneath, style 2.8–3.3 mm long; inner florets with tube narrowly infundibuliform, 1.9–3.3 mm long, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm long. Achenes 0.9–1.5 mm long, glabrous; pappus absent, only a narrow rim visible.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 2, 3, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1200–2400 m
Distribution
KENYA Teita District Ngangao, Sep. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4347! & Vuria, Sep. 1962, Lewis 5933! & Kasigau, July 1937, Dale 3805!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mbulumbulu, July 1943, Greenway 6812!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Mtumbi Forest Reserve, Feb. 1985, Borhidi et al. 85649!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Lukwangule Plateau, S Uluguru Forest Reserve, Mar. 1955, Semsei 2070!
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, page 315, (2002) Author: H.J. BEENTJE
Names
ANISOPAPPUS chinensis (Wild) S. Ortiz, Paiva & Rodr.-Oubiña subsp. oliveranus [family COMPOSITAE], in Anal. Jard. Bot. Madrid 54: 385 (1996). Type: Tanzania, Moshi District, Kilimanjaro, Johnston s.n. (K!, holo., BM, iso.)
Astephania africana Oliv. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hook. Ic. Pl.: t. 1506 (1886) & Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, 2: 338 (1887). Type as for subsp. oliveranus
Sphacophyllum africanum (Oliv.) O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1894: 58 (1894) & P.O.A. C: 412 (1895)
Anisopappus oliveranus Wild [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 4: 66 (1964), nom. nov .; U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 214 (1994), as oliverianus
Information
Perennial herb, 0.3–1.2 m high, the stems sometimes woody at base, often straggling or scandent; stems reddish, pubescent. Leaves aromatic, ovate or cordiform, often basally slightly 3–5-lobed, 1.5–8 cm long, 1–7 cm wide, base cordate, thinly pubescent in young leaves, rapidly becoming sparsely pilose on both surfaces, sparsely glandular beneath. Capitula 8–18 mm long;phyllaries 6–7 mm long. Florets with tube of outer florets infundibuliform, 1.2–2 mm long, ray 5–13 mm long, sparsely glandular beneath, style 2.8–3.3 mm long; inner florets with tube narrowly infundibuliform, 1.9–3.3 mm long, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm long. Achenes 0.9–1.5 mm long, glabrous; pappus absent, only a narrow rim visible.
Range
DISTR. K 7; T 2, 3, 6 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
1200–2400 m
Distribution
KENYA Teita District Ngangao, Sep. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4347! & Vuria, Sep. 1962, Lewis 5933! & Kasigau, July 1937, Dale 3805!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mbulumbulu, July 1943, Greenway 6812!;TANZANIA Lushoto District Mtumbi Forest Reserve, Feb. 1985, Borhidi et al. 85649!;TANZANIA Morogoro District Lukwangule Plateau, S Uluguru Forest Reserve, Mar. 1955, Semsei 2070!
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