Aspilia kotschyi (Sch. Bip.ex Hochst.) Oliv.
var. alba Berhaut

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Aspilia kotschyi var. alba

Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: dirt road to Maramba lodge, on right going towards the lodge

Aspilia kotschyi var. alba

Photo: Helen Pickering
Livingstone: dirt road to Maramba lodge, on right going towards the lodge

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Synonyms: Aspilia polycephala S. Moore
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Description:
See var. kotschyi for general description. This variety is clearly distinguished by the ray-florets being white.
Type location:
Senegal
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: kotschyi: after Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813-1866), Austrian botanical explorer and plant collector in the Orient.
alba: white.
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Worldwide distribution: As for var. kotschyi but generally less common
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 747 - 748.

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 29.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 23.

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 59.

Wild, H. (1966). The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars Kirkia 5(2) Pages 204 - 205.

Wild, H. (1967). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) Pages 40 - 41.


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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aspilia kotschyi
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Tropicos: Aspilia kotschyi
Wikipedia: Aspilia kotschyi


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The Burundi flora team (2025). Flora of Burundi: Species information: Aspilia kotschyi var. alba.
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