Vernonia polysphaera Baker

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Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Lari Merrett
Mpika district, Mutinondo Wilderness Area

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Mike Bingham
Kalumbila District (prev. part of Solwezi Distr.) Kalumbila mining concession

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia

Vernonia polysphaera

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District, Northern Province, Zambia

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Synonyms: Cabobanthus polysphaerus (Baker) H. Rob. (1999)
Vernonia homblei De Wild. (1914)
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Perennial herb, erect, 45─120 cm. Stems annual. Leaves subsessile, concolorous, margin serrate to remotely subserrate, glabrous or nearly so. Capitula subsessile in clusters of (1)3-8, capitula-clusters numerous, sessile in the axils of upper stem and branch-leaves.
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Worldwide distribution: Zambia, D.R. Congo, Tanzania & Malawi
Malawi distribution: N
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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) Page 121.

Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Page 117.

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


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 polysphaera.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=201540, retrieved 10 October 2024

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