Aspilia kotschyi

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Aspilia kotschyi
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Aspilia kotschyi (Asteraceae), a weed in disturbed areas
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Aspilia
Species:
A. kotschyi
Binomial name
Aspilia kotschyi
Synonyms [1]
  • Coronocarpus kotschyi(Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Benth.
  • Dipterotheca kotschyiSch.Bip. ex Hochst.
  • Wedelia kotschyi(Sch.Bip.) Soldano
  • Wirtgenia kotschyi(Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Sch.Bip.

Aspilia kotschyi is a species of herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] [2] It has ovate to narrowly lanceolate leaves and dark red-purple flowers commonly found Tropical Africa. [3] It has a variety, Aspilia kotschyi var. alba which has white flowers. [4]

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Description

Leaves are simple and opposite in arrangement and borne from the stem; leaf-blade is ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 3–16 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. [3] Inflorescence is capitulum type, solitary, axillary or sessile clustered around the upper surface of leaves, it has ovoid bracts and small dark purple-brown ray and disc flowers; phyllary is green but brownish around the base. [3] [4]

Distribution

Endemic to Tropical Africa, it occurs from Senegal eastwards towards Ethiopia and southwards up to Zimbabwe. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aspilia kotschyi (Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Aspilia kotschyi (Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Al-Khulaidi, A.; Filimban, F.; Alfaifi, M.; Al-Namazi, A. (2021). "A new record of generic vascular plant for the flora of Saudi Arabia: Aspilia kotschyi (Asteraceae)". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 28 (3): 1962–1965. doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.048. PMC   7938146 . PMID   33732082.
  4. 1 2 Wild, H. (1966). "The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars". Kirkia. 5 (2): 197–228. ISSN   0451-9930. JSTOR   23501042.
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