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Synonyms: |
Achyrocline adoensis Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich. Achyrocline schimperi Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich. Gnaphalium schimperi (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Sch. Bip. Helichrysum galbanum S. Moore Helichrysum nyasicum Baker Helichrysum ovato-ellipticum De Wild. Helichrysum sarmentosum O. Hoffm. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Scrambling shrub or woody liane. Main stem fluted, up to 30 cm in diameter. Leaves ovate, up to c. 7.5 × 4.5 cm, dark green above with scattered hairs, densely whitish or yellowish tomentose below, 3-veined from the base; margin shallowly crenate-dentate or entire. Capitula in dense terminal corymbs, c. 6 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts pale yellowish-green, ovate to lanceolate, c. 2.5 mm. Florets yellow. |
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Derivation of specific name: | schimperi: named after Wilhelm Schimper, explorer and collector, particularly in Ethiopia. |
Habitat: | Along the margins of evergreen forest. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Sudan, DRC, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 20 June 2012 |
Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. (ed.) (2002). Compositae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 418 - 419. 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 28. 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 23. as Achyrocline schimperi Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 31. Wild, H. (Undated, c. 1980?). A draft revision of Helichrysum Mill. for Flora Zambesiaca Unpublished ms. Pages 7 - 9. |
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