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Herderia truncata Cass. [family COMPOSITAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Herderia truncata Cass. [family COMPOSITAE], Dict. Sci. Nat. 60: 599 (1830); F.T.A. 3: 298; Hutch. in Kew Bull. 1914: 354, with fig.; Chev. Bot. 358; Berhaut Fl. Sén. 173, 198. Herderia truncata var. chevalieri O. Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], (1908)-ChevBot359 Vernonia yatesii S. Moore [family COMPOSITAE], (1914).
Information
A spreading annual herb, woody at the base; florets reddish-purple to mauve; in damp sandy places.
Habitat
; in damp sandy places.
Distribution
Sen.: fide Berhaut l.c.Gam.: Hayes 541!Mali: Sébi (July) Chev. 1165! Guguber Hagerup 318! Korienza (July) Lean 54!Port. G.: Boé, Vehetche (June) Esp. Santo 2933!Guin.: Kankan Adam 12136!S. L.: Batkanu (Jan.) Glanville 151! Pujehun (Apr.) Deighton 1654! Makeni (May) Deighton 4141! Mange, Bure (May) Jordan 868!Iv. C.: fide Chev. l.c.Ghana: Yeji Anderson 28! Babile, near Lawra (Oct.) Hinds 5001! Yendi (Dec.) Adams 8 Akpabla GC 4085! Akuse to Kpong (June) Irvine 1778! Tefle (Jan., May) Morton GC 8313! A2069!N. Nig.: Aboh Barter 308! Abinsi (May) Dalz. 661! Yola (May) Dalz. 37!
Notes
A variety (var. villosa DC. Prod. 5: 14 (1836); Berhaut Fl. Sén. 174, 204) with the leaves densely villous with appressed hairs, has been recorded from Senegal (Perrottet).
Herderia truncata Cass. [family COMPOSITAE]
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