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Gutenbergia eylesii
eylesii
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| Synonyms: |
Erlangea eylesii S. Moore |
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| Frequency: | Locally frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Laxly branched, erect perennial herb, up to c. 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, subsessile or shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, narrowly lanceolate-oblong or elliptic, up to c. 8 cm long, green and finely hairy above, densely matted with silvery-white appressed T-shaped hairs below; margin entire, often wavy. Capitula numerous, in lax terminal clusters. Involucral bracts numerous, narrowly lanceolate, up to 8 mm long, appressed hairy outside, often purplish at the apex and along the margins. Florets discoid, mauve to purple. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937) |
| Habitat: | In rocky soils on hillsides in Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 23 December 2011 |
| Literature: |
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 25. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 155 - 156. Wild, H. & Pope, G.V. (1977). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 7. Vernonieae (excluding Vernonia). Kirkia 10(2) Pages 350 - 351. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gutenbergia eylesiiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Gutenbergia eylesii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Gutenbergia eylesii
Plants of the World Online: Gutenbergia eylesii
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