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Identification
Bidens amoena Sherff [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Sherff, E., Bidens elliotii (S.Moore) Sherff [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sherff, E., Coreopsis steppia Steetz [family COMPOSITAE ]
Related name
  • Coreopsis steppia
  • Bidens elliotii
  • Bidens cinerea
  • Bidens amoena

Flora

Entry for Bidens elliottii (S.Moore) Sherff [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
Bidens elliottii (S.Moore) Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 59: 309 (1915) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 576, fig. 156/i–p (1937); Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 634, fig. 195/2 (1985); Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 154, fig. 36 (1991); Mesfin in K.B. 48: 477 (1993). Type: Uganda, Toro District: Kivata, Scott Elliot 7724 (BM!, holo., K!, iso.)
Coreopsis elliotii S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE], in J.L.S. 35: 346 (1902); Z.A.E.: 381 (1911)
Coreopsis mildbraedii Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in Z.A.E.: 381 (1911). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Butagu Valley, Mildbraed 2539 (B†, holo.)
Bidens amoena Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 76: 144 (1923). Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori Mts, Doggett s.n. (K!, holo.)
Bidens kigeziensis Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Amer. J. Bot. 38, 1: 67 (1951). Type: Uganda, Kigezi District: Muhavura–Mgahinga saddle, Purseglove 2189 (EA!, holo., K!, iso.)
Information
Perennial herb, woody, erect or ascending, 0.9–4.5 m high; stem much branched near apex, striate, sparsely hairy. Leaves rhombic in outline, bi- to tri-pinnatisect, 8–17 cm long, 4–15 cm wide, segments linear to narrowly lanceolate, sparsely hairy on veins above, glandular-punctate; pseudopetiole to 45 mm long, winged. Capitula in terminal lax corymbose cymes; peduncle to 4 cm long; involucre 8–10 mm long; outer phyllaries 8–13, 9–15 mm long, sparsely hairy, inner phyllaries 8–13, orange-striped, pilose; paleae yellowish, orange-striped, 4–7 mm long. Ray florets yellow, pistillate and fertile, 7–13, rays 15–22x3–9 mm, tube 2.2 mm long; disc florets yellow, 4.9–7.3 mm long. Achenes black, oblong to obovoid, graded monomorphic, 3.6–8 mm long, margins narrowly winged; aristae 2(–3), 1.6–3 mm long, antrorsely barbed.
Range
DISTR. U 2
Altitude range
1800–3150 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ruwenzori Mts, Jan. 1967, Magogo 25! & idem, Kichuchu, July 1951, Osmaston 3866!UGANDA Kigezi District Mt Muhavura, June 1939, Purseglove 787!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Notes
USES.None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC) – a fairly large number of collections from a common habitat, though no collections in Uganda since 1967 !

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