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Senecio aetfatensis
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Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Ridge North of Mt Pheza, Chimanimani Mts National Park, Mozambique.
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Much-branched shrubby herb, up to 1.5 m tall. Stems and branches shortly hairy, somewhat brittle. Leaves alternate, sessile, 3-8 cm long, 2-pinnatifid with 4-5 primary lobes on each side, green above, paler beneath, shortly hairy on both surfaces; base running down, auriculate with small dentate ears. Capitula 3-10 forming a lax terminal inflorescenc. Involucral bracts 13-21, 1-seriate, linear-lanceolate, 4-5.5 mm long, green with membranous margins. Florets yellow; rays (5)-8; disk-florets 40-60. Pappus with numerous bristles, erect, 3-4 mm long, white with minute hooks. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | aetfatensis: after the Association pour l'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale (AETFAT). The type specimen was found during its 15th Congres, which was held in Harare, February 1997. |
| Habitat: | Among quartzite rocks in montane grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 1900 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Confined to the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Vulnerable |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 5 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 14. SABONET. Pretoria. Page 163. Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 135. Nordenstam, B. (1999). Senecio aetfatensis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a new species from Zimbabwe Novon 9(2) Pages 245 - 247. (Includes a picture). |
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