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Vernonia nestor
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Mpika
Jun 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
On old mine dump
Dunrobin Mine
Apr 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Vernoniastrum nestor (S. Moore) H. Rob. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Leaf lower surface ± densely pubescent-hirsute or puberulous, if tomentellous then indumentum also containing long hispid strigose hairs on main veins. Hairs on leaf upper surface simple, whip like. |
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Syntypes from Malawi |
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| Habitat: | Miombo woodland, sandy soils. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | W Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,E,C |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 29 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 111. 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 29. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 106. |
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