Lopholaena whyteana (Britten) E. Phillips & C.A. Sm.

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Synonyms: Lopholaena brevipes E. Phillips & C.A. Sm.
Lopholaena dolichopappa (O. Hoffm.) S. Moore
Lopholaena pauciflora Thell.
Othonna whyteana Britten
Senecio dolichopappus O. Hoffm.
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Status: Native
Description:
Type location:
Malawi
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: whyteanum: after Alexander Whyte (1834-1908), Scottish plant explorer, and botanist who collected in Liberia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.
Habitat: Upland rocky grassland and Protea scrub.
Altitude range: (metres) 1450 - 2250 m
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Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia
FZ divisions: N
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 570 - 572. as L. dolichopappa (Includes a picture).

Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Pages 120 - 121.

Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 932. as L. dolichopappa

Strugnell, A.M. (2002). Endemics of Mt. Mulanje. The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 Page 15.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 57.


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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: Species information: Lopholaena whyteana.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231820, retrieved 4 July 2026

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