Senecio purpureus

Senecio purpureus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Senecio
Species: Senecio purpureus

Name

Senecio pulcher L., 1759

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cacalia villosa Jacq. in Collectanea 2: 347 (1788)
  • Jacobaea purpurea Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 157 (1800)
  • Senecio bussei Muschl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 67 (1909)
  • Senecio clarenceanus Hook.f. in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 14 (1861)
  • Senecio lactucifolius S.Moore in J. Bot. 54: 283 (1916)
  • Senecio lubumbashianus De Wild. in Pl. Bequaert. 5: 111 (1929)
  • Senecio mucronulatus Sch.Bip. in Flora 27: 701 (1844)

Homonyms

• Senecio purpureus Soyer-Willem. = Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.), D.R.Congo (Zaire), Cameroon, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 1214.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Senecio purpureus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Senecio purpureus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 06 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Senecio purpureus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 06. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Senecio purpureus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Apr. 2018.

Vernacular names

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