Crassocephalum vitellinum (Benth.) S. Moore

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Crassocephalum vitellinum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Near Gahinga trail head, Volcanoes National Park, Musanze

Crassocephalum vitellinum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe

Crassocephalum vitellinum

Picture: Bart Wursten
Nyungwe Forest National Park, Nyamagabe

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Synonyms: Gynura aurantiaca Benth.
Gynura vitellina Benth.
Senecio vitellinus Asch.
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Status: Native
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Type location:
Bioko
Notes: Listed for Zambia by Beentje, Jeffrey & Hind in FTEA Compositae 3: 607, 2005.
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Worldwide distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N?
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 606 - 607.

Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Pages 480 - 481. (Includes a picture).

Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 907.

Maquet, P. & Lawalree, A. (1985). Asteraceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 652. (Includes a picture).

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Crassocephalum vitellinum.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231850, retrieved 9 December 2024

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