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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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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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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