Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus Gagnep., Fl. Indo-Chine [M.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 503. 1924.
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Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus Gagnep., Fl. Indo-Chine [M.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 503. 1924. |
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Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus Gagnep., Fl. Indo-Chine [M.H. Lecomte et al.] 3: 503. 1924.
Type.
Laos, Chedom, Thorel 1407 (holotype: K!). Fig. 8D View Figure 8 .
Description.
Perennial herbs, 40-100 cm tall. Stems lacking except for inflorescence which is scapose, erect, terete, inconspicuously ribbed and pilose-villose. Leaves in a rosette at base of scape, 6-20 by 6-10 cm, obovate, obovate-lanceolate, elliptic, margin crenate to serrate, apex obtuse, base attenuate, subcoriaceous; upper surface sparsely pilose, without glands; lower surface densely pilose, with filiform cylindrical hairs and capitate glands; lateral veins 7-16-paired; petioles up to 6 cm long. Capitulescences terminal, scapose. Foliose bracts 3, deltoid. Capitula 7-9 mm long. Receptacle flat, ca. 1 mm in diam., glabrous. Involucres tubular, 6.5-8 mm long, 3-4 mm in diam. Phyllaries distichous, decussate, margin entire, outer surface puberulous, glands capitate; the outer ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate; the inner ones lanceolate or oblong, apex acuminate. Florets 4; corollas salverform, white or purple, zygomorphic, glabrous or rarely hairy; corolla tubes 4-6 mm long; corolla lobes 2.5-3.5 mm long. Anthers ca. 2 mm long, apical appendage acute, base rounded. Styles purple, 6-8 mm long, branches ca. 1 mm long. Achenes 2-2.5 mm long, pubescent with a dense cover of twin hairs, without glands, 10-ribbed. Pappus of 5 bristles ca. 3 mm long, in one series, bristles with dilated bases.
Distribution.
Thailand: Loei, Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Chon Buri. Laos, Vietnam.
Specimens examined.
Thailand. Udon Thani, Ban Phue district, Phu Phrabat historical park, 17°43.84'N, 102°29.65'E, 29 Sep 2007, S. Bunwong 326 (KKU, USLoei, Phu Kra Dung, 17 Aug 1989, Din 174 (BKF); Phu Kra Dung, 22 Oct 1990, Dee 20 (BKF); Nong Khai, Sang Khom, 16 Dec 1982, H. Koyama, H. Terao & Th. Wongprasert T-31139 (BKF); Sakon Nakhon, Phu Phan national park, 5 Oct 2007, S. Bunwong 333 (KKU, US); Phu Phan national park, 13 Nov 1984, G. Murata, C. Phengklai, S. Mitsuta, T. Yahara, H. Nagamasu & N. Nantasan T-50689 (BKF); Nakhon Phanom, 14 Dec 1982, H. Koyama, H. Terao & Th. Wongprasert T-31019 (BKF); Ubon Ratchathani, Route number 2222, 27 Oct 2007, S. Bunwong 345 (KKU, US); Kalasin, Sahatsakhan, 22 Oct 1975, B. Sangkhachand & S. Sutheesorn 3528 (BK); Nakhon Ratchasima, Bau Yai, 31 Oct 1931, Put 4216 (BM, BK, K, L); Chon Buri, Khao Khiew, 19 Oct 1975, J.F. Maxwell 75-1040 (AAU, BK, BKF).
Diagnostic characters.
Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus differs from the typical variety in having large capitula and whitish pilose-tomentose leaf surface and involucres.
Ecology.
Dipterocarp or dry evergreen forest, alt. 100-400 m; flowering August to January.
Vernacular name.
Doo Mai Ru Lom (โด่ไม่รู้ล้ม), Kee Fai Nok Khum (ขี้ไฟนกคุ้ม).
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