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Senecio ruwenzoriensis
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Nr summit, Castle Beacon, Vumba
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Nr summit, Castle Beacon, Vumba
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Castle Beacon, Vumba
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Senecio othonniformis Fourcade Senecio paucifolius DC. |
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| Status: | Native |
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| Derivation of specific name: | ruwenzoriensis: from the Ruwenzori Mts |
| Habitat: | In vleis and damp places, often in shallow soil over rocks. Also recorded from msasa and mopane woodland, grasslands and roadsides. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria to Sudan and southwards through East Africa to South Africa |
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| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Lk |
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| Literature: |
Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 643 - 645. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 105. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 897. 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 58. |
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