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 ofherbaceous 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]

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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.