Genus: Aspilia
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids
> Euasterid II > Order:
Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae
About 60 species, found in America, Africa and Madagascar with
five species
native to southern Africa and one species cultivated.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Aspilia macrorrhiza
Native to Somalia and Kenya. |
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