Bidens kilimandscharica (O. Hoffm.) Sherff

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Synonyms: Bidens crataegifolia (O. Hoffm.) Sherff
Bidens cuspidata Sherff
Bidens insignis Sherff
Bidens leptoglossa (Sherff) Lisowski
Bidens meruensis Sherff
Bidens robustior S. Moore
Bidens ukambensis S. Moore
Bidens volkensii O. Hoffm.
Coreopsis crataegifolia O. Hoffm.
Coreopsis kilimandscharica O. Hoffm.
Coreopsis leptoglossa Sherff
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Status: Native
Description:
Robust perennial herb, up to 3 m high; stems slightly woody at base, little branched, more or less densely velvety or hairy. Leaves variable, pinnatipartite to bipinnatisect or the uppermost and lowermost sometimes simple, 5–15 cm long and up to 10 cm wide, hairy or hispid-pubescent on both surfaces; margins serrate to lobed; petiole 10–40 mm long. Capitula terminal, solitary or in few-headed leafy cymes, erect; involucre 7–14 mm long; outer phyllaries 9–13, green, pubescent, inner phyllaries with scarious margins, hairy to velvety. Ray florets yellow or orange, 8–13, 20–40 mm long, 10–15 mm wide; disc florets yellow, 5–7 mm long. Achenes black or dark brown, 5.5–10 mm long, compressed, hairy; aristae absent in outer achenes, on inner 2, divergent, to 2.5 mm long, nude or with 1 or 2 antrorsely- or retrorsely-set barbs at apex or at base.
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Derivation of specific name: kilimandscharica: of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, where the type specimen was collected.
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution: C,E
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 783 - 785. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 84.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 29.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 23.

Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 31 - 32.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Bidens kilimandscharica.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160630, retrieved 28 March 2024

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