Derivation of specific name
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rotundifolia: round-leaved
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F. Blake Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160470
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual herb, up to 2(-3) m, stem often purplish. Leaves alternate; petiole 2-7 cm; lamina broadly ovate, entire or the lower 3-lobed, scabrid; base cordate; apex acuminate; margin crenate or serrate. Peduncles 1.5 cm in diameter below capitulum. Phyllaries in 2
series. Rays 2-4 cm, orange-red. Pappus of short (c.1.5 mm) free scales and 2 longer setae.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F. Blake Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160470
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F. Blake Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160470
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Central America
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F. Blake Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160470
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
