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Taxon: Senecio schimperi Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.

Genus: Senecio
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 418482
Place of publication: Tent. fl. abyss. 1:435. 1848
Name verified on: 30-Apr-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 30-Apr-2001
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide E Afr Med J 45:577-580. 1968)
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Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Guinea
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Yemen

References:

  • Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Schoental, R. & A. Coady. 1968. The hepatotoxicity of some Ethiopian and East African plants, including some used in traditional medicines. E. African Med. J. 45:577–580.
  • Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. (F Yemen)
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Check other databases for Senecio schimperi Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.:

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?418482 (16 March 2009)

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