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Elephantopus spicatus

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Name

Identification
Elephantopus spicatus B.Juss. ex Aubl. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Pseudelephantopus spicatus (B.Juss. ex Aubl.) C.F.Baker [family ASTERACEAE ] Distreptus spicatus (B.Juss. ex Aubl.) Cass. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Elephantopus capitatus
  • Elephantopus spicatus
  • Chaetospira funckii
  • Pseudelephantopus spiralis
  • Pseudelephantopus spicatus
  • Elephantopus spiralis
  • Spirochaeta funckii
  • Distreptus spicatus
  • Pseudelephantopus funckii
Common name
  • kpagbanyo (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bεndiaiyondo? (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Jussieu ex Aublet) C. F. Baker [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 19,
Names
Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Jussieu ex Aublet) C. F. Baker [family COMPOSITAE], Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 12: 55. 1902
Elephantopus spicatus Jussieu ex Aublet [family COMPOSITAE], Hist. Pl. Guian., 2: 808. 1775
Treatment Author(s)
John L. Strother
Information
Leaf blades mostly 3–15(–20+) cm × 10–30(–45+) mm (including petioles), both faces sparsely pilose or hirsute, often glabrescent, abaxial resin-gland-dotted. Bracts 15–45+ × 2–5+ mm. Inner phyllaries 9–12 mm, sparsely hispidulous to pilosulous (hairs 0.1–0.3 mm), often glabrescent. Cypselae 7–8 mm; pappi 1–9+ mm (including aristae). 2n = 26, 28 [3 reports, all from outside flora].
Phenology
jan (winter)
Altitude range
0–10+ m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaPacific Islands.USA Fla.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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