Vernonia purpurea Sch. Bip. ex Walp.

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Vernonia purpurea

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Vernonia purpurea

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Synonyms: Nothovernonia purpurea (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. & V.A. Funk
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Status: Native
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An erect perennial herb from a small woody rootstock with fibrous roots. Leaves scabrid, subsessile 4-15 x 0.3-4.5 cm. oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, or narrowly oblong to linear-lanceolate. Capitula few to numerous in a leafy terminal corymbiform cyme up to c. 40 cm. long. Capitula subtended at the base by leafy bracts overtopping the involucre. Corolla purple.
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Worldwide distribution: Throughout tropical Africa.
Malawi distribution: N,C,S
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Literature:

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) Pages 109 - 110.

Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Page 91.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia purpurea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vernonia purpurea
JSTOR Plant Science: Vernonia purpurea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia purpurea
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Wikipedia: Vernonia purpurea


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Vernonia purpurea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=174720, retrieved 29 March 2024

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