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| Synonyms: |
Crassocephalum auriformis S.Mo S.Moore Crassocephalum ruwenzoriensis S.Moore Crassocephalum scandens (O.Hoffm.) Hiern Gynura auriformis (S.Moore) S.Moore Gynura brownii S.Moore Gynura ruwenzoriensis (S.Moore) S.Moore Gynura taylorii S.Moore Senecio agathionanthes Muschl. Senecio rutshuruensis De Wild. Senecio seretii De Wild. Senecio subalatipetiolatus De Wild. Senecio variostipellatus De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing herb with slightly fleshy stems 1.5–12 m long, unpleasantly smelling. Leaves ovate or triangular, 2.5–12 cm long, 3–5-veined from base, sometimes auriculate, puberulous; margins denticulate to dentate or shallowly lobed. Capitula several to many in terminal corymbs; involucre campanulate, 8–11 mm long. Florets orange or less often yellow, 10–16 mm long. Achenes 4.5 mm long, hairy in the grooves; pappus white, 8–11 mm long. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
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| Derivation of specific name: | scandens: climbing, scandent. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 697 - 699. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Pages 95 - 96. (Includes a picture). Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 23. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 929. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 31. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 203. (Includes a picture). |
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