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Bidens abyssinica

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Identification
Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip. [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Bidens leucantha
  • Chrysanthellum abyssinicum
  • Bidens biternata
  • Bidens abyssinica
  • Bidens pilosa
  • Microlecane abyssinica
  • Prestinaria abyssinica
  • Bidens camporum
  • Bidens chinensis
  • Bidens chaetodonta
  • Bidens setigera

Flora

Entry for BIDENS quadriseta Hochst. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
BIDENS quadriseta Hochst. [family COMPOSITAE], in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. n. 2181 (1854).
BIDENS abyssinica Hochst. ex Schweinf. var. quadriaristata [family COMPOSITAE], Beitr. Fl. Æthiop. p. 142
BIDENS abyssinica Hochst. var. incisifolia [family COMPOSITAE], l.c., n. 2324, has rather more deeply cut leaf-lobes; alt. 4000 ft.
Information
An erect annual, 1–2 ft. high, scabrid-pilose especially on the upper parts. Branches tetragonal. Leaves pinnately lobed, ovate in outline, 1 1/2–4 in. long, including the petiole which ranges up to 1 1/2 in.; lobes ovate or lanceolate, 1–2 by 1/4–1 1/4 in., acute or acuminate, serrate, sometimes incisely so. Capitula the size of B. pilosa, and similarly arranged. Involucral bracts densely pilose-pubescent, 1/4– 2/5 in. long, linear, acute. Florets unknown. Achenes like those of B. pilosa, ranging up to nearly 1 in., tipped by 4–3 setæ.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper! alt. 1–7000 ft.
Notes
This species may prove to be merely a more hairy state of B. pilosa, as indeed it has been considered by Schweinfurth.

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