Sphaeranthus gomphrenoides O. Hoffm.

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Status:	Native
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Type location:	Kenya
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Derivation of specific name:	gomphrenoides: resembling Gomphrena, a genus in Amaranthaceae.
Habitat:	On alluvial sands in mopane scrub.
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Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	C
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Literature:	Wild, H. (1980). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area, 12. Inuleae (continued). Kirkia 12(1) Pages 107 - 108.

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