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Tithonia diversifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa Rd, Chinamora CL
Photo: Bart Wursten
Domboshawa Rd, Chinamora CL
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl. |
| Common names: | Mexican sunflower (English) |
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| Description: |
Annual or perennial herb or shrub to 3 m. Leaves alternate; petiole up to 7 cm; lamina narrowly ovate to obovate, usually deeply 3-5-lobed (rarely entire), scabrid; base cuneate; apex acuminate; margin crenate, crenate-serrate or entire. Peduncles 1 cm in diameter below capitulum. Phyllaries in c.4 series. Rays up to 6 cm, yellow. Pappus of short, 2 mm, scales, connate below, with 2 longer setae. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | diversifolia: variable-leaved |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to eastern Mexico and Central America. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 170 - 171. (Includes a picture). Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 760 - 761. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 278. 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 28. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 59. Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Page 56. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tithonia diversifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Tithonia diversifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tithonia diversifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tithonia diversifolia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tithonia diversifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tithonia diversifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tithonia diversifolia
Plants of the World Online: Tithonia diversifolia
Tropicos: Tithonia diversifolia
Wikipedia: Tithonia diversifolia
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