Asteraceae
Aspilia

Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D.Adams

First published in Webbia 12: 236 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Adams in Webbia 12: 236 (1956).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.D. Adams in Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 2: 238 (1963).
  • C.D. Adams in Webbia 12: 236 (1956)
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 171, fig. 109 (1962).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 624, fig. 192/3 (1985).
  • Wild in Kirkia 5: 218 (1965).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2020 Schweinfurth, G. [2011] Sudan K000410301 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 2019 Baikie [s.n.] Nigeria K000410315 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [3493] Cameroon K000052288 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Thomas, D.W. [4217] Cameroon K000052287 Yes
Jul 1, 1956 Vogel [26] Ghana K000410317 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1956 Johnston, H.H. [0 s.n.17] Cameroon K000052292 No
Bauer, P.J. [95] Cameroon K000052291 No
Millson, A. [s.n.] Nigeria K001322384 Yes
Chev. [18244] Guinea K000410319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rowland, J.W. [s.n.] Nigeria K000410316 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chipp, T.F. [622] Nigeria K000410318 Type Yes
de Kruif, A.P.M. [9] Cote d'Ivoire K001562258 Yes
Monteiro [s.n.] Nigeria K001322385 Syntype Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2364] Sudan K000410300 Type Yes
Welwitsch [3568] Angola K000374769 Holotype No
Mann, G. [2325] Nigeria K001322382 Type Yes
Freidberg [24] Cameroon K000052286 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [3737] Sudan K000410299 Type Yes
Baikie, W.B. [s.n.] K001322383 Syntype Yes
Ujor, E.U. [FHI 30228] Cameroon K000052290 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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