- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Senecio L.
Senecio deltoideus Less.
- Genus: Senecio L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Habit
- Scandent perennial herb or liana; stems 2–7 m long, green, ribbed, finely pubescent, often glabrescent.
- Leaves
- Leaves ovate-triangular or triangular, 4.3–12 cm long, 2–6.5 cm wide, base truncate to cordate, margins coarsely apiculate-dentate or bidentate, apex obtuse to subacute or acuminate, sometimes with 2 (or very rarely 4) much smaller lateral lobes, finely pubescent, mostly on veins, especially beneath, to glabrous or almost so, narrowly petiolate with the petiole auriculate at the base.
- Capitulum
- Capitula discoid, numerous in divaricately-branched terminal and axillary corymbs forming large, lax, pendent thyrsoid panicles; involucre cylindrical, 4–5.5 mm long, 2.5–3.5 mm in diameter; bracts of calyculus 3–5, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm long, floccose or ciliate or glabrous; phyllaries 8–13, green, 3.5–5 mm long, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.
- Florets
- Ray florets absent; disc florets pale creamy yellow to yellow, corolla 3–5 mm long, tube expanded above the middle, glabrous, lobes 1–1.2 mm long.
- Fruits
- Achenes 2.5–3 mm long, ribbed, hairy; pappus white, 3–5.5 mm long.
- Habitat
- Moist or dry forest or forest margins, secondary bushland in the forest zone; 700–2200 m
- Distribution
- K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T2 T3
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
France, Italy
- Cacalia fimbrillifera Cass.
- Cacalia scandens Thunb.
- Eupatorium auriculatum Lam.
- Eupatorium scandens Link
- Mikania auriculata (Lam.) Willd.
- Senecio durbanensis Gand.
- Senecio fimbrillifer B.L.Rob.
- Senecio mikaniae DC.
- Senecio mikaniiformis DC.
- Senecio patulus Burm. ex DC.
- Senecio rooseveltianus De Wild.
- Senecio sarmentosus O.Hoffm.
- Senecio tanzaniensis Cufod.
- Willoughbya auriculata Kuntze
Senecio deltoideus Less. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holst, C. [8914], Tanzania | K000311411 | isosyntype | ||
| Krauss [318], South Africa | K000378039 | |||
| Shaw, J. [s.n.], South Africa | K000378040 |
First published in Syn. Gen. Compos.: 392 (1832)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 221 (1994).
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 41: 886 (1986).
- Hilliard, Comp. Natal: 492 (1977).
- Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 420 (1877).
- Less., SYN. Comp.: 392 (1832).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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