Senecio medley-woodii

Senecio medley-woodii

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Senecio
Species:	S. medley-woodii
Binomial name
*Senecio medley-woodii* Hutch. (1923)
Synonyms
Sources: IPNI,^[1] AFPD^[2]

Senecio medley-woodii is a species of the genus Senecio and family Asteraceae.

Although ingesting it has no medical or health benefits, it is believed that several African slaves brought it with them as good luck charms when they were being transported to the Americas.

References

^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=246289-1. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
^ "Senecio medley-woodii record n° 98250" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=98250. Retrieved 2008-05-27.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Senecio_medley-woodii Senecio medley-woodii] at Wikimedia Commons

"Species Information: Senecio medley-woodii Hutch." (HTML). Swaziland's Flora Database. http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/speciesinfo.asp?spid=3313. Retrieved 2008-05-27.