9195.000 Aspilia Thouars

Literature

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs (our spp.). Leaves opposite, very rough to the touch (in ours). Capitula terminal, solitary or in lax racemes, sometimes axillary, radiate, yellow (in ours), white, lilac or purple. Phyllaries 2-3-seriate. Receptacular scales clasping the florets, narrowly oblong to obovate. Achenes obovoid, bilaterally flattened, pubescent. Pappus a laciniate cupule, often with 2 barbellate setae in addition.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv. var. kotschyi	N,Z	Description, Image
kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv. var. alba Berhaut	N,Z	Description, Image
mendoncae Wild	T
mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild	N,Z,T,MS,GI	Description, Image
natalensis (Sond.) Wild	N,Z
pluriseta Schweinf. subsp. gondensis (O. Hoffm.) Wild	N
pluriseta Schweinf. subsp. pluriseta	MS	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Aspilia:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Aspilia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Aspilia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Aspilia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aspilia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Aspilia