Asteraceae
Porphyrostemma

Porphyrostemma chevalieri (O.Hoffm.) Hutch. & Dalziel

First published in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 158 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad, Zambia to Zimbabwe. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A herb from a few inches to 2 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Pink florets in solitary flower-heads 3/4-1 in. across, terminal on the branches
Ecology
A weed of sandy soil in arid districts.
[FWTA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0