Acmella oleracea

Acmella oleracea

Acmella oleracea

Taxonavigation

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

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

• Jansen, R.K. 1985. The systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Systematic Botany Monographs 8: [2] + 115 pp. Reference page. : 8:65.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acmella oleracea. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Acmella oleracea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acmella oleracea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Acmella oleracea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acmella oleracea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12.

Vernacular names

suomi: Parakrassi
français: Brèdes mafane

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