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Bidens rueppellii

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Identification
Bidens rueppellii (Sch. Bip.) Sherff [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by T.G.J. Rayner, 1993 Isotype of Coreopsis glaucescens Oliv. & Hiern [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Bidens articulata
  • Coreopsis rueppellii
  • Coreopsis feruloides
  • Coreopsis glaucescens
  • Coreopsis abyssinica
  • Prestinaria unrecorded
  • Bidens rueppellii

Flora

Entry for Bidens rueppellii (Walp.) 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 rueppellii (Walp.) Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 90: 389 (1930) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 616, fig. 181 (1937); E.P.A.: 1141 (1967); U.K.W.F.: 466 (1974); Mesfin in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 24, 1: 81, fig. 42 (1984) & in K.B. 48: 469 (1993); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 218 (1994). Type: Ethiopia, Gondar, Simen, Rüppell s.n. (P!, holo., FR!, iso.)
Coreopsis rueppellii Walp. [family COMPOSITAE], in Repert. Bot. Syst. 6: 163 (1846)
Verbesina rueppellii (Walp.) A.Rich. [family COMPOSITAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 410 (1848)
Coreopsis abyssinica Vatke var. latisecta [family COMPOSITAE], in Linnaea 39: 499 (1875), nom. nud. pro parte
Coreopsis glaucescens Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], F.T.A. 3: 389 (1877). Type: Ethiopia, Tigray, Hedscha, Schimper 329 (K!, holo., BM!, C!, S!, US!, W!, WU!, Z!, iso.)
Coreopsis bella Hutch. [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 1907: 364 (1907). Type: cultivated material from seed collected in Kenya by Diespecker (K!, holo.)
Coreopsis feruloides Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 80: 389 (1925) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11, 6: 379 (1936). Type: Kenya, Naivasha District: Kinangop Plateau, Battiscombe 945 (K!, holo., EA!, P!, iso.)
Bidens setigera Sherff var. lobata [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 92: 311 (1931) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 628 (1937). Type: cultivated material from seed collected in Kenya by Diespecker (K!, holo.)
Coreopsis rueppellii Chiov. forma angustisecta [family COMPOSITAE], in Savoia-Aoste, Esplorazione dell Uabi–Uebi Scebeli: 416 (1932). Type: Ethiopia, Arssi NE of Mt Laggio, Basile 223 (TO, holo.)
Bidens articulata Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Gaz. 94: 591 (1933) & in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 620 (1936). Type as for C. glaucescens Oliv. & Hiern
Coreopsis rueppellii Sherff var. incisa [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Leafl. 5: 16 (1951). Type: Kenya, Nakuru District: Nyahururu Falls, Pierce in EA 2568 (EA!, holo.)
Bidens rueppeloides Sherff [family COMPOSITAE], in Bot. Leafl. 5: 20 (1951), nom.illegit. superfl . Type as for C. feruloides Sherff
Information
Perennial herb or subshrub 1–2(–3) m high, erect, with several stems from a thickened rootstock; stems sparsely hispid. Leaves ovate in outline, pinnatipartite to rarely bipinnatisect, up to 14 cm long, up to 9 cm wide, the primary segments ovate to narrowly lanceolate, margins serrate, hispid all over, rarely glabrous but for the margin. Capitula in few-headed lax terminal cymes; stalks of individual capitula to 12 cm long; involucre 5–11 mm long; outer phyllaries 9–13, green, pubescent, inner phyllaries 9–15, light brown, puberulous; paleae 5–8 mm long. Ray florets yellow, pistillate and fertile, 11–13, tube 1–2.4 mm long, rays 13–27 mm long; disc florets 3.8–5.5 mm long. Achenes black or grey, 3.4–6 mm long, strigose; aristae 2, 0.3–2.1 mm long, antrorsely barbed, sometimes falling early.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 3, 5
Altitude range
2250–2800 m
Distribution
KENYA Kericho District SW Mau, Sambret, Oct. 1961, Kerfoot 2988!KENYA Nakuru District Nyahururu Falls, Pierce in EA 2568KENYA Naivasha District Kinangop Plateau, Battiscombe 945!
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
USES.None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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