Category Archives: Asteraceae

Asteraceae

Vernonia colorata

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Vernonia colorata


Asteraceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

(Willd.) Drake


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 2: 277


Vouchers

Bos 2644 (WAG); van Harten 250 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

A savanna shrub with smaller leaves than the tree-forming Vernonias, the leaves up to 10 x 15 cm, with entire margin, densely tomentose below.

Vernonia amygdalina

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Vernonia amygdalina


Compositae/Asteraceae


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Habit

Shrub


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Delile


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 2: 277


Vouchers

Baldwin 11101 (K); van Meer 407 (WAG


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

-

Vernonia titanophylla

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Vernonia titanophylla


Asteraceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Brenan


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

Lebrun, J.-P.; Stork, A.L., 1997. énum. pl. fl. Afr. trop., Vol. 4: 345


Vouchers

Bos 2845 (WAG); van Meer 291 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Treelet to 7m of montane forests; leaves up to 30 cm long, finely serrated along the whole edge. Long petiole. ± 10 pairs of laterals. Flowers purplish – white. Leaf densely pubescent below, glabrescent. Syn.: Vernonia ampla.