Asteraceae
Senecio

Senecio latifolius DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 387 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

Beentje, H. (2019). Three new species and some nomenclatural changes in Senecio (Compositae/Asteraceae: Senecioneae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kew Bulletin 74: 67 doi:10.1007/s12225-019-9858-6

Type
South Africa, Umsikaba [Omsamcaba], Drege s.n. [5140] (holotype G-DC [G00474228]; isotypes E [E00239812], HBG [HBG505210], K, P [P00118857, P00118858, P00118895], TUB [TUB006198]).
Distribution
Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique; also known from Tanzania, Angola, South Africa and Swaziland.
Ecology
Grassland on shallow soils, bracken stands, rocky miombo, pioneer on burnt ground and one of the earliest plants to flower after burning; alt. 1000 – 2250 m a.s.l.
[KBu]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, 60–80 cm high; crown of rootstock woolly; stems erect, leafy, pale green, rather slender, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Stem leaves sessile, ovate to lanceolate, the median largest 10–15 cm long, 3.3–4.5 cm wide, the upper and lower smaller, base semi-amplexicaul, margins entire or remotely denticulate, apex obtuse, shortly acuminate-apiculate, glabrous, minutely glandular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula radiate, numerous in a divaricate lax terminal corymb; involucre cylindrical, 5.5–6 mm long, 3.5 mm in diameter, glabrous; bracts of calyculus 2, 1–2 mm long; phyllaries 6–8, pale green, 5–6 mm long, shortly tapered, slightly bearded at margins at and towards apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 4–5, yellow, corolla tube 3.5 mm long, glabrous, rays 8–13 x 2–2.5 mm, 4-veined; disc florets yellow with yellow styles and orange anthers, corolla 5.5–6 mm long, tube abruptly expanded above the middle, glabrous, lobes 1–1.2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 5 mm long, glabrous, ribbed, pappus 5 mm long, white.
Habitat
Secondary woodland or grassland with Protea; 950–2250 m
Distribution
T4 T7 T8
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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