Aspilia africana

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

Fulfulde: Nyarki
中文: 止血草
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