Gymnanthemum koekemoerae H. Rob. & V.A. Funk, 2014

Robinson, Harold, Skvarla, John J. & Funk, Vicki A., 2016, Vernonieae (Asteraceae) of southern Africa: A generic disposition of the species and a study of their pollen, PhytoKeys 60, pp. 49-126 : 72

Gymnanthemum koekemoerae H. Rob. & V.A. Funk, 2014

Gymnanthemum koekemoerae H. Rob. & V.A. Funk, Phytokeys 36: 60. 2014.

Type matherial.

Holotype: South Africa. Limpopo Province: Thohoyandou District; Thathe-Vonde Nature Reserve. Grassland at rocky outcrop near entrance, 1233 m, 22°55'10"S, 30°19 ’36” E [2230CD], 23 March 2002, Koekemoer 2273 (PRE, isotype US) (Fig. 2D ).

The type specimen was distributed as Vernonia triflora Brem., which differs by having only 3 florets in its capitula, stiffly and densely hispid stems, and ovate to oblong leaf blades with hispidulous abaxial surfaces.

Distribution.

South Africa

Figures

Figure 2. Illustrations: A Baccharoides adoensis (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) H. Rob. B Bothriocline aggregata Hutch., note: this taxon is not found in southern Africa C Ethulia conyzoides L. f., note: lack of pappus; and D Gymnanthemum koekemoerae H. Rob. & V. Funk, note: broad involucral bracts without a high midrib. See Appendix C for citation details.