Bidens lineariloba Oliv.

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Bidens lineariloba

Habit
Escarpment Brachystegia woodland
Nsama District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Bidens lineariloba

Leaves
Escarpment Brachystegia woodland
Nsama District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Bidens lineariloba

Flower
Escarpment Brachystegia woodland
Nsama District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

Bidens lineariloba

Flower
Escarpment Brachystegia woodland
Nsama District
Apr 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms: Bidens lineariloba Oliv. var. deminuata Sherff
Common names:
Frequency: Locally frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Branched annual herb, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves 4-16 cm long, 2-3 times irregularly divided into linear segments. Capitula in lax terminal heads on peduncles up to 80 mm long. Ray-florets 5-8, 2-3 cm long, yellow. Disc florets yellow to brown.
Type location:
Notes: In Zambia apparently only on the Nyika Plateau.
Derivation of specific name: lineariloba: with linear lobes, referring to the divisions on the leaves.
Habitat: In rocky grassland and woodland on mountain slopes, sometimes in disturbed areas.
Altitude range: Up to 2100 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: DRC,Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): E
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Monday 22 July 2024
Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 797.

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 84.

Tadesse, M. (1993). An Account of Bidens (Compositae: Heliantheae) for Africa Kew Bulletin 48(3) Pages 476 - 477.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Bidens lineariloba.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231390, retrieved 10 October 2024

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