Senecio swynnertonii S. Moore

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Status: Native
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Type location:
Zimbabwe, Mt Selinda
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: swynnertonii: named after Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), well-known naturalist, who first recorded and collected many species of flora and fauna in and around the Chirinda Forest
Habitat: In grassland, sometimes in dambo or on streambanks.
Altitude range: (metres) 1450 - 2500 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions: N,S
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51.

Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Page 57.

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.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Senecio swynnertonii
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Senecio swynnertonii.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161380, retrieved 4 July 2026

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