Senecio syringifolius O. Hoffm.

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Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park

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Along northern loop, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Gynura meyeri-johannis O. Hoffm. Senecio elliotii S. Moore Senecio exsertiflorus Baker Senecio nyikensis Baker Senecio subpetitianus Baker
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Status:	Native
Description:	Liana with fleshy hairless twining stems up to 10 m high or long. Leaves fleshy, triangular, rhombic-triangular, oblong-triangular or ovate in outline, 3.8–10 cm long, glossy, hairless to more or less densely pubescent, 5–7-veined from base; margins entire or with a few lobe-like teeth in lower half; petiole , 1.4–5.6 cm long, hairless or with a few hairs on the margins near the base. Capitula discoid, many in usually dense, spreading, terminal compound heads, sweetly scented. Florets 15–20, yellow or creamy yellow; corolla 6.5–9 mm long. Achenes ribbed, hairless, 3–4 mm long; pappus 5–9 mm long.
Type location:	Zomba, Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	syringifolius: with leaves like a Syringa.
Habitat:	At margins of montane evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	1500 - 2200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	N
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Content last updated:	Friday 31 August 2018
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 621 - 623. (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 107. 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 24. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 885. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 33. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 58. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 207.

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