9411.000 Senecio L.

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005) Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa

Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026) Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) 1-156

Jeffrey, C. (1986) The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) 873-943

Description of the genus

Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs, sometimes succulent or climbing. Leaves alternate, sometimes radical, entire or lobed. Capitula either (1) heterogamous with marginal fertile (rarely sterile) female florets and bisexual disk florets or (2) homogamous. Calyculus of usually much shorter basal bracts present. Flowers usually yellow, less often purple or white. Phyllaries in 1 subequal series. Receptacle flat or ± convex, without scales, pitted or shortly fimbriate. Pappus of bristles.

Mikaniopsis cissampelina greatly resembles a climbing Senecio.

Worldwide: c.1250 species, cosmopolitan

Zambia: 29 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Metarctia lateritia (Laterite matron) Larval foodplant
Rhodogastria amasis (Tri-coloured tiger) Food plant
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
coronatus (Thunb.) Harv.N,WDescription, Image
crassorhizus De Wild. [NrEnd] [VU]N
cryphiactis O. Hoffm.B,C,S
diphyllus De Wild. & Muschl.N,W,EImage
erubescens Aiton var. erubescens NDescription, Image
fanshawei Beentje [End] [DD]B,N,W,C
gazensis S. MooreNDescription, Image
gramineticola C. JeffreyNDescription
hochstetteri Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.B,N,EDescription, Image
inornatus DC.WDescription, Image
katangensis O.Hoffm. var. latifolius Lisowski [NrEnd] [VU]N
kayomborum BeentjeC
latecorymbosus Gilli [NrEnd]EDescription
latifolius DC.N,W,C,SDescription, Image
lisowskii Long Wang & Beentje [NrEnd] [VU]W
madagascariensis Poir.BDescription, Image
oxyriifolius DC.NDescription, Image
pachyrhizus O. Hoffm.NDescription, Image
polyodon DC. var. polyodon NDescription
proprior S.MooreNDescription, Image
purpureus L.N,WDescription, Image
randii S. MooreW,CDescription, Image
ruwenzoriensis S. MooreC,EDescription, Image
striatifolius DC.WDescription
strictifolius HiernN,W,CDescription
syringifolius O. Hoffm.NDescription, Image
tabulicola BakerNDescription
teixeirae Torre [NrEnd]N,W
urundensis S. MooreN,WDescription

Other sources of information about Senecio:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Senecio
Flora of Burundi: Senecio
Flora of Caprivi: Senecio
Flora of the DRC: Senecio
Flora of the DRC: cultivated Senecio
Flora of Malawi: Senecio
Flora of Mozambique: Senecio
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Senecio
Flora of Rwanda: Senecio
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Senecio
Flora of Zimbabwe: Senecio
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Senecio

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Senecio
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Senecio
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Senecio
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Senecio
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Senecio
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Senecio
JSTOR Plant Science: Senecio
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Senecio
Plants of the World Online: Senecio
Tropicos: Senecio
Wikipedia: Senecio

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-26

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2026). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Senecio.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1552, retrieved 4 July 2026

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