Vernonia adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.[Agg]

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Vernonia adoensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Vernonia adoensis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Vernonia adoensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare

Vernonia adoensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare

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Synonyms: Baccharoides adoensis (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob.
Vernonia integra S. Moore
Common names: Musikavakadzi (Shona)
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Herbaceous or soft-wooded shrub. Leaves broadly lanceolate to oblong-elliptic; margins strongly undulate and serrate with sharp teeth. Capitula solitary along the branches. Florets mostly tubular, white, sometimes tinged with mauve.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: adoensis: from Aden, Arabia
Habitat: In miombo woodland and wooded grassland, often near streams.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Oct - May
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Images last updated: Sunday 24 July 2016
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 109.

Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 41. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Malawi: Vernonia adoensis
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia adoensis
African Plant Database: Vernonia adoensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vernonia adoensis
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iNaturalist: Vernonia adoensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vernonia adoensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Vernonia adoensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia adoensis
Plants of the World Online: Vernonia adoensis
Tropicos: Vernonia adoensis
Wikipedia: Vernonia adoensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Vernonia adoensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164380, retrieved 28 March 2024

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