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Aspilia pluriseta

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Name

Identification
Aspilia asperifolia O.Hoffm. [family ASTERACEAE ] Aspilia pluriseta Schweinf. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Wedelia unrecorded
  • Aspilia pluriseta
  • Aspilia asperifolia
  • Aspilia brachyphylla
  • Aspilia vulgaris

Flora

Entry for Aspilia pluriseta Schweinf. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Aspilia pluriseta Schweinf. [family COMPOSITAE], in L.Höhn., Rudolf–Stephanie See: 862 (1892); Muschler in E.J. 50, suppl.: 341 (1914); Wild in Kirkia 5: 210 (1965) & in Kirkia 6: 43 (1967); Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 624, fig. 192/1 (1985); Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 196 (1991); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 216 (1994). Type: Kenya, “Massaihochland, Ndoro”, von Höhnel 66 (B†, holo.); neotype: Kenya, Ukamba, Hildebrandt 2712 (B†, K!, neo., BM!, M, isoneo., chosen by Wild)
Aspilia asperifolia O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 413 (1895); Muschler in E.J. 50, suppl.: 335 (1914). Syntypes: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 367 (B†, BM!, SYN.), 541 (B†, SYN.); Lushoto District: Usambara, Msinga, Holst 9127 (B†, COI, K!, M, SYN.)
Aspilia gondensis O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], in P.O.A. C: 413 (1895); Muschler in E.J. 50, suppl.: 336 (1914). Type: Tanzania, Tabora District: Igonda, Böhm 41 (B†, holo.); neotype: Tanzania, Busse 1366 (B†, EA, neo., chosen by Wild)
Aspilia involucrata O.Hoffm. [family COMPOSITAE], ?in P.O.A. C: 413 (1895); Muschler in E.J. 50, suppl.: 341 (1914). Type: Kenya, “Massaihochland, Wadiboma”, Fischer 330 (B†, holo.)
Aspilia vulgaris N.E.Br. [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 1906: 164 (1906). Type: Zimbabwe, between Umtali and Harare [Salisbury], Cecil 43 (K!, holo.)
Aspilia brachyphylla S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 40: 115 (1911). Syntypes: Zimbabwe, Chirinda, Swynnerton 292 (K!, SYN.) & 495 (ubi?, SYN., not at BM)
Aspilia pluriseta (O.Hoffm.) Wild subsp. gondensis [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 5: 210 (1965) & in Kirkia 6: 44 (1967)
Information
Perennial herb or subshrub, with multiple branches from woody rootstock, usually trailing with distal part erect and to 50 cm high, or with many short erect stems up to 50 cm high, sometimes (?in shade?) erect and to 1.5 m high; stem scabrid. Leaves (sub-)sessile, ovate to narrowly ovate, 2–5(–8) cm long, 0.8–2(–3.5) cm wide, base rounded, subcordate or broadly cuneate, margins serrate, apex obtuse or acute, scabrid on both surfaces; 3-veined from base; petiole 0–3(–5) mm long. Capitula terminal and solitary or up to 3 together, almost sessile among the upper leaves or on stalks 0.5–6 cm long; involucre ovoid, 3-seriate, 7–12(–16) mm long; phyllaries green, scabrid-pilose, the outer often long and reflexed; paleae 7–11 mm long with caudate-acuminate apex, especially in fruit. Ray florets yellow or orange-yellow, 9–16, without styles, the ray 10–15 mm long, tube 2.3–3.2 mm long, glabrous or pilose; disc florets yellow or brownish, 4.7–9 mm long, glabrous or puberulous; anther appendages yellow. Achenes obovoid, 2.5–4.5 mm long, pubescent; pappus a lacerate cupule to 0.7 mm high and sometimes with 1–2(–5) setae to 2.5 mm long.
Range
DISTR. U 2–4; K 2–7; T 1–5, 7, 8
Altitude range
(45–)1000–2200(–2600) m
Distribution
KENYA Nakuru, Sep. 1933, Napier 5385!KENYA N Kavirondo District Kakamega, Mukulu Forest, Mar. 1976, Gonget 140!KENYA Machakos/Masai District Chyulu Hills, Saddle, Jan. 1997, Luke & Luke 4593!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mbulumbul, June 1945, Greenway 7470!TANZANIA Ufipa District Wansambo Hill slopes near Wipanga, June 1987, Mwasumbi et al. 13183!TANZANIA Rungwe District Mwankinja, Jan. 1954, Semsei 1593!UGANDA Kigezi District Shumbe Hill, Aug. 1949, Purseglove 3083!UGANDA Mbale District Tororo, Apr. 1948, Bally 6194!UGANDA Mengo District Bugiri near Kisubi, Aug. 1969, Lye & Hamilton 3619!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Notes
USES.Minor medicinal against worms (Jarrett); leaves used as sandpaper (Glover); used in witchcraft, and for cleaning teeth (Harwood)CONSERVATION Least concern (LC) Wild distinguishes subsp. pluriseta and subsp. gondensis, on “the narrowly oblong-ovate leaves and somewhat longer peduncles” plus the yellow anther-appendages of the latter. This seems a matter of degree not worthy of distinction (certainly not at subspecific level) and I unite the subspecies.  Kuchar 23333 from T 5, Singida, has up to 5 setae on the achenes.  Aspilia mendoncae Wild in Kirkia 5: 212 (1965) & in Kirkia 6: 42 (1967). Type: Malawi, Lower Kirk Range, E.M.& W. 945 (SRGH, holo., BM, LISC, iso.) is close: Wild says it is close to asperifolia, but erect; leaves narrowly elliptic; capitula 2–3 together; peduncles slender. He cites Milne-Redhead & Taylor 8409 from Songea as the only EA specimen, but this is a specimen of A. mossambicensis .

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