Acmella decumbens

Acmella decumbens

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 decumbens
Varieties: A. d. var. affinis – A. d. var. decumbens

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

• Jansen, R.K. 1985. The systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Systematic Botany Monographs 8: [2] + 115 pp. Reference page. : 8: 80

Links

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

English: creeping spotflower

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