| Manyonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Manyonia H.Rob. |
| Species: | M. peculiaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Manyonia peculiaris | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Vernonia peculiarisVerdc. | |
Manyonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Manyonia peculiaris, which is endemic to Tanzania. [1]
Manyonia peculiaris is an annual herb 30-120 cm tall, with many slender and ascending branches. Leaves are elliptic, 2.5 to 20 cm long, 0.8 to 8.5 cm wide, with serrated margins and a cuneate base or with proximal leaves cuneate-attenuate into a petioloid base. The flowers form capitula on long arching branches. Flowers are glabrous and purple to pale mauve, rarely cream, with petals 3 to 6 mm long and lobes 1 to 1.5 mm long. [1]
The species is native to the bushland/woodland transition from 850 to 1700 metres elevation, and grows on or around rock outcrops and in rocky gorges. [1]
The species was first described as Vernonia peculiaris by Bernard Verdcourt in 1957. In 1999 Harold E. Robinson placed it in the new monotypic genus Manyonia as M. peculiaris. [1]