Acmella (Plantae)

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: A. alba – A. alpestris – A. bellidioides – A. brachyglossa – A. calva – A. caulirhiza – A. ciliata – A. darwinii – A. decumbens – A. filipes – A. ghoshinis – A. glaberrima – A. grandiflora – A. grisea – A. iodiscaea – A. kalelii – A. leptophylla – A. leucantha – A. lundellii – A. majaroensis – A. oleracea – A. paniculata – A. papposa – A. pilosa – A. poliolepidica – A. psilocarpa – A. pusilla – A. radicans – A. ramosa – A. repens – A. serratifolia – A. sodiroi – A. tetralobata – A. uliginosa – A. vazhachalensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Acmella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 02. Reference page.

Name

Acmella Rich. ex Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2: 472 (1807).

Type species: Anthemis repens Walter
- Lectotype designated by Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 19 (1985) = Acmella repens (Walter) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 473 (1807).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Spilanthes sect. Acmella (Rich.) DC., Prodr. 5: 620 (1836).
Heterotypic
- Pyrethraria Pers. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 420 (1841) not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics to Central U.S.A.
- - Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Caroline Is., Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Guinea-Bissau, Kazan-retto, Marshall Is., Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Jersey, Ogasawara-shoto, Poland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Zaïre

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

References

Primary references

Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

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

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Acmella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 02. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Acmella. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acmella. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Acmella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb. 2018.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Acmella (Plantae). Accessed: 5 Oct 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Spotflower

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