Acmella radicans

Acmella radicans

Acmella radicans

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 radicans

Name

Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R.K.Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8 69 1985.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Spilanthes radicans Jacq. in Collectanea 3: 229 (1791)
• Heterotypic
  • Acmella debilis Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331 (1822)
  • Acmella radicans var. debilis (Kunth) R.K.Jansen in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 72 (1985)
  • Acmella tenella (Kunth) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331 (1822)
  • Ceratocephalus debilis (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891)
  • Ceratocephalus exasperatus (Jacq.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891)
  • Ceratocephalus tenellus (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891)
  • Sanvitalia longepedunculata M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 18: 78 (1933)
  • Spilanthes botterii S.Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 141 (1891)
  • Spilanthes debilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 165 (1818)
  • Spilanthes exasperata Jacq. in Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: 15 (1792)
  • Spilanthes exasperata var. cayennensis DC. in Prodr. 5: 626 (1836)
  • Spilanthes leucophaea Sch.Bip. ex Klatt in Leopoldina 23: 144 (1887)
  • Spilanthes mandonii Sch.Bip. in Linnaea 34: 529 (1866)
  • Spilanthes ocymifolia var. acutiserrata A.H.Moore in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 533 (1907)
  • Spilanthes tenella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 165 (1818)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Venezuela (Tachira), Costa Rica, Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Putumayo) 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. : 8:69.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acmella radicans. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Acmella radicans 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 radicans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Acmella radicans. 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. 

Vernacular names

हिन्दी: সাদা মারহাটি টিগা
മലയാളം: വേനപ്പച്ച
中文: 白花金钮扣, 白头金钮扣

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