Asteraceae
Helichrysum

Helichrysum kilimanjari Oliv.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 338 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Tropical Africa. It grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 212 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Africa: 171, fig. 369 (1987).
  • Lisowski in Flore d'Afrique Centrale Compositae, Inuleae: 173 (1989).
  • Moeser in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 332 (1910).
  • O. Hedberg, Afroalpine Vascular Plants p. 202 (1957).
  • Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc., London ser. 2, 2: 338 (1887).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mabberley; McCall [218] Kenya K000372669 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [36] Tanzania K000374789 Holotype No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0