Vernonia polysphaera Baker

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Vernonia polysphaera

Mabumba, Deriam
May 1990
Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Hillside. Protea savanna
Mpika
Jun 1995
Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Kalumbila Copper Mine prospect
Apr 2012
Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett

Vernonia polysphaera

Mutinondo Wilderness Area
Apr 2012
Photo: Lari Merrett

Vernonia polysphaera

Kalumbila mining concession
Apr 2016
Photo: Mike Bingham

Vernonia polysphaera

Habit
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Vernonia polysphaera

Flower
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Vernonia polysphaera

Flower
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms: Cabobanthus polysphaerus (Baker) H. Rob. (1999)
Vernonia homblei De Wild. (1914)
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Perennial herb, erect, 45─120 cm. Stems annual. Leaves subsessile, concolorous, margin serrate to remotely subserrate, glabrous or nearly so. Capitula subsessile in clusters of (1)3-8, capitula-clusters numerous, sessile in the axils of upper stem and branch-leaves.
Type location:
Malawi
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Worldwide distribution: Zambia, D.R. Congo, Tanzania & Malawi
National distribution: N
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Literature:

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 121.

Wild, H. (1978). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) Page 117.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vernonia polysphaera
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vernonia polysphaera
JSTOR Plant Science: Vernonia polysphaera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vernonia polysphaera
Plants of the World Online: Vernonia polysphaera
Tropicos: Vernonia polysphaera
Wikipedia: Vernonia polysphaera


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Vernonia polysphaera.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=201540, retrieved 2 April 2025

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