Pleiotaxis dewevrei O. Hoffm. ex T. Durand & De Wild.

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Habit
Undisturbed miombo woodland in sandy loam soil between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls
Mar 2017
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Leaf base
Undisturbed miombo woodland in sandy loam soil between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls
Mar 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flower
Undisturbed miombo woodland in sandy loam soil between Lumangwe and Kabwelume Falls
Mar 2017
Photo: Nick Wightman

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

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

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Synonyms:	Pleiotaxis antunesii var. planifolia S.Moore Pleiotaxis sciaphila S. Moore Pleiotaxis vernonioides S. Moore
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Description:	Slender erect suffrutex growing from a woody rootstock; stems annual, 1-several, 20-90 cm. tall, unbranched or occasionally branching above, leafy to near apex, covered in soft white fine hairs; leaves ±discolorous, sheathing stem at the base, 4.5-20 x 1-4 cm., narrowly oblong-lanceolate to narrowly-elliptic, tapering acute at apex, cuneate to rounded at base narrowing to a winged petiole-like midrib before grading into cylindrical or narrowly funnel-like, partially or deeply cleft sheath 5-20 mm. long, margins finely sharply irregularly serrate with serrations becoming linear teeth c. 5 mm. long towards base, upper surface green appressed hairy to glabrescent, lower surface whitish hairy; capitula solitary and terminal or 2-4 on long stout stalks; involucres mostly 22-30 x 18-28 mm. spreading to c. 45 mm. wide, obconic-campanulate; phyllaries numerous, appressed sheathing, sparsely puberulous to glabrescent outside, margins very narrowly hyaline c. 4 mm. long and narrowly ovate, increasing to c. 23 mm. long and lorate-lanceolate inside; middle phyllaries to 6 mm. wide, obtuse at apex; inner phyllaries narrower; florets very numerous; corollas bright to deep red, up to 25 mm. long with a long slender tube abruptly dilated into a short cylindric deeply narrowly-lobed limb which exceeds the pappus and involucre, glabrous; achenes 10-15 mm. long, narrowly cylindric, obscurely narrowly many-ribbed, densely hispid; pappus of copious barbellate setae 10-17 mm. long.
Type location:	DRC
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Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Burundi, DRC and Zambia.
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Literature:	Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 70. Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Page 15. Wild, H. (1972). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 3. Mutisieae. Kirkia 8(2) Page 196.

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