- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Gynura Cass.
Gynura amplexicaulis Oliv. & Hiern

[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb, rhizomatous, 0.3–1.2 m high; stems erect, sparsely branched, tinged with red, pubescent; leaves mostly (but not all) arranged near base of stem.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves fleshy, narrowly rhomboid to linear, 4–20 cm long, 0.4–4 cm wide, attenuate to a rounded base, sagittate or amplexicaul, margins shallowly dentate, the teeth fewer towards the apex, some teeth pointing backwards, apex attenuate, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula 3–9, in terminal corymbs, with many florets; involucre campanulate or infundibuliform, (8–)11–16 mm long; bracts of calyculus 3–8 mm long; phyllaries 13–14, reddish green, (8–)11–16 mm long, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets orange to red, (9–)11–15 mm long, expanded in upper part, lobes 1–1.2 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes 2.5–3 mm long, glabrous; pappus 8–13 mm long.
- Habitat
- Swampy sites in grassland, grassland, secondary vegetation, a weed in cultivation; 1050–1900(?–2400) m
- Distribution
- K3 K5 T1 U2 U4
Native to:
Burundi, Central African Repu, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre
Gynura amplexicaulis Oliv. & Hiern appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Schweinfurth, G. [3770] | K000377687 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 403 (1877)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 471 (1974).
- Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 225 (1994).
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 41: 930 (1986).
- F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 34 (1956).
- F.G. Davies in Kew Bulletin 33: 338 (1978).
- Hoffmann in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 416 (1895).
- Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 2: 431 (1991).
- Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 403 (1877).
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