Acmella decumbens

Acmella decumbens

Taxonavigation

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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: Spilanthinae
Genus: Acmella
Species: Acmella decumbens
Varieties: A. d. var. affinis – A. d. var. decumbens

Name

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Acmella decumbens (Sm.) R.K.Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8 80 (1985).

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Ceratocephalus decumbens (Sm.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891)
    • Rudbeckia decumbens Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 30: [s.p.] (1815)
    • Spilanthes decumbens (Sm.) A.H.Moore in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 549 (1907)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones), Brazil South (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay), Uruguay (Canelones, Montevideo, Rocha), Brazil Northeast (Rio Grande do Norte), Brazil West-Central (Mato Grosso do Sul), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: creeping spotflower
 
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