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Afrosciadium eylesii (C. Norman) Winter

Derivation of specific name

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eylesii: named after Frederick Eyles (1864 - 1937)
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Afrosciadium eylesii (C. Norman) P.J.D. Winter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143300
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Robust perennial to 2.5 m. Leaves: petiole with large basal sheaths, glabrous or almost so; lamina (2-)3-pinnate; ultimate segments 6 - 15 mm wide, with regularly serrate margin, less often irregularly cut. Umbels terminal and lateral. Rays 10-15, smooth. Bracts and bracteoles small linear. Petals greenish-yellow. Fruit oblong to elliptic, strongly flattened, slightly emarginate at the base. Stylopodium ± free.
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cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Afrosciadium eylesii (C. Norman) P.J.D. Winter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143300
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and possibly also in Tanzania and the DRC
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cc-by-nc
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Afrosciadium eylesii (C. Norman) P.J.D. Winter Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143300
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe