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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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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. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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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