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Verbesina acmella

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Name

Identification
Verbesina acmella L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Blainvillea latifolia (L.f.) DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Blainvillea acmella (L.) Phillipson [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Blainvillea latifolia
  • Galinsoga quinqueradiata
  • Blainvillea acmella
  • Verbesina acmella

Flora

Entry for BLAINVILLEA acmella (L.) Philipson [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje (Acanthospermum, Ageratum, Aspilia, Atractylis, Blainvillea, Blumea, Carthamus, Cirsium, Conyza, Crepis, Dichrocephala, Distephanus, Echinops, Eclipta, Erlangera, Felicia, Flaveria, Geigera, Gerbera, Grangea, Gutenbergia, Helichrysum, Iphiona, Iphionopsis, Jurinea, Laggera, Litogyne, Osteospermum, Pegolettia, Pentanema, Pseudoblepharispermum, Pseudognaphalium, Psiadia, Pulicaria, Reichardia, Sclerocarpus, Sonchus, Sphaeranthus, Tagetes, Tarchonanthus, Tridax, Vernonia, Volutaria, Xanthium), T. Eriksson (Athroisma, Blepharispermum), N. Kilian (Launaea), S. King-Jones & M. Thulin (Pluchea), Mesfin Tadesse (Bidens), S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña (Dicoma), and M. Thulin (Cineraria, Doellia, Emilia, Erythroseris, Euryops, Galinsoga, Gynura, Helianthus, Kleinia, Lactuca, Pentzia, Senecio, Solanecio, Verbesina, Zinnia). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BLAINVILLEA acmella (L.) Philipson [family COMPOSITAE], (1950);
Verbesina acmella L. [family COMPOSITAE], (1753). Fig. 381. [type as above]
BLAINVILLEA gayana Cass. [family COMPOSITAE], (1827).
Information
Annual herb 0.6–1 m high. Stem branched, scabrid. Leaves opposite or upper ones alternate, elliptic to ovate, 3–10 x 0.6–5 cm, margins crenate‑serrate, apex acuminate; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Capitula terminal at the end of shoots or axillary; stalks of capitula up to 2.5 cm long. Phyllaries 2-seriate, 4–10 mm long. Ray florets white, tube c. 2 mm long, blade c. 1.2 mm long; disk florets white, c. 3.5 mm long. Achenes blackish, 4–6.6 mm long.
Range
S1 widespread in tropical Africa and Asia.
Altitude range
200–450 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6833, 6960.
Notes
First record for Somalia.

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