Acmella oleracea
Acmella oleracea

Taxonavigation edit

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 oleracea

Name edit

Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8 65 1985.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Bidens fervida Lam. in Encycl. 1: 415 (1785), nom. superfl.
    • Pyrethrum spilanthus Medik. in Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 3: 242 (1775), nom. superfl.
    • Spilanthes acmella var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 3: 307 (1881)
    • Spilanthes calva var. oleracea (Jacq.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht in Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl.: 143 (1987), without basionym ref.
    • Spilanthes oleracea L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 534 (1767)
  • Heterotypic
    • Anacyclus pyrethraria Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 497 (1826)
    • Bidens acmelloides Bergius in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1768: 245 (1768)
    • Bidens fixa Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 3: 307 (1881), sphalm.
    • Bidens fusca Lam. in Encycl. 1: 416 (1785)
    • Bidens oleracea Cav. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 203 (1840), not validly publ.
    • Cotula dichotoma Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 464 (1807)
    • Cotula pyretharia L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 116 (1767)
    • Isocarpha pyrethraria (L.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 26: 280 (1823)
    • Pyrethraria dichotoma Pers. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 420 (1841)
    • Spilanthes fusca Lam. in Encycl. 1: 416 (1785), not validly publ.
    • Spilanthes oleracea var. fusca (Lam.) DC. in Prodr. 5: 624 (1836)
    • Spilanthes radicans Schrad. ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 624 (1836), nom. illeg.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Argentina (Jujuy, Salta), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay), N-Brazil (Para, Acre), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco), SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)

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

References edit

Links edit

Vernacular names edit

suomi: Parakrassi
français: Brèdes mafane
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