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Bidens rhodesiana

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Identification
Isotype of Bidens rhodesiana Sherff [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Bidens oblonga (Sherff) Wild [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Coreopsis steppia
  • Bidens rhodesiana
  • Bidens oblonga
  • Bidens kilimandscharica

Flora

Entry for Bidens oblonga (Sherff) Wild [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 oblonga (Sherff) Wild [family COMPOSITAE], in Kirkia 6: 30 (1967); Mesfin in K.B. 48: 455 (1993). Type: Zambia, Lake Tanganyika, Carson 106 (K!, holo.)
Coreopsis oblonga Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 76: 80 (1923) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 374, fig. 2 (1936)
Bidens nyikensis Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 81: 50 (1926) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 613, fig. 178 (1937). Type: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Whyte 191 (K!, holo.)
Bidens rhodesiana Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 92: 301 (1931) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 608, fig. 170/j–p (1937). Type: Zimbabwe, Odzani R. Valley, Teague 226 (K!, holo.)
Coreopsis exilis Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 13: 290 (1935) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 385 (1936). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Katuba, Quarré 419 (BR!, holo.)
Coreopsis goffardii Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat 13: 290 (1935) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 390 (1936). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Kipilia–Lubumbashi, Quarré 1616 (BR!, holo.)
Bidens dielsii Sherff var. intermedia [family COMPOSITAE], in Amer. J. Bot. 42, 6: 562 (1955). Type: Zambia, Mbala, Bullock 2740 (K!, holo.)
Bidens richardsiae Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Amer. J. Bot. 42, 6: 562 (1955). Type: Zambia, Mbala, Chilongwelo, Richards 1546 (K!, holo.)
Bidens exilis (Sherff) Lisowski [family COMPOSITAE], Asterac. Afr. Centr.: 140 (1991)
Information
Perennial herb, 1–2 m high, with tuberous rootstock; stem 4-angled, pilose to glabrous. Leaves ovate in outline, simple to pinnately 3–5-lobed, 4–22 cm long, 3–15 cm wide, margins coarsely crenate to irregularly lobed, apex acute, hispid to glabrous; petiole to 50 mm long. Capitula terminal, solitary or in few-headed cymes; involucre 8–17 mm long; outer phyllaries 6–12, green, pubescent and inner phyllaries 8–10, pilose, appearing longer in fruit; paleae 8–10 mm long. Ray florets yellow or orange, neuter, 8–13, tube puberulous, rays 15–45 mm long, 5–10 mm wide; disc florets yellow. Achenes brown, oblong, 9–11 mm long, flat, setulose; aristae 2, 1–3 mm long, usually with a few antrorse barbs near the base, otherwise nude.
Range
DISTR. T 4
Altitude range
± 1650 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District Chapota, Mar. 1957, Richards 8494! & 8495!
Distribution (external)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Notes
USES.None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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