Aspilia africana

Aspilia africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Aspilia
Species: Aspilia africana

Name

Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D.Adams, 1956

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Polymnia africana (Pers.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 483 (1816)
  • Seruneum africanum (Pers.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 365 (1891)
  • Wedelia africana Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 490 (1807)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical Africa 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 References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Adams, C.D., 1956. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici. Florence 12:236.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Aspilia africana. Published online. Accessed: May 23 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Aspilia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Aspilia africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Aspilia africana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 23. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aspilia africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Fulfulde: Nyarki
中文: 止血草

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