Acmella oppositifolia

Acmella oppositifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids II Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Spilanthinae
Genus: Acmella
Species: Acmella oppositifolia
Varieties: A. o. var. repens

Name

Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R.K.Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8 30 1985.

Synonyms

• Acmella buphthalmoides Pers.
• Andrieuxia mexicana DC.
• Anthemis americana Mutis
• Anthemis buphthalmoides Jacq.
• Anthemis oppositifolia Lam.
• Ceratocephalus americanus (L. fil.) Kuntze
• Ceratocephalus diffusus (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze
• Helianthus buphthalmoides (Jacq.) DC.
• Helianthus cordatus Lam. ex DC.
• Heliopsis buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Dunal
• Heliopsis dubia Dun.
• Heliopsis oppositifolia (Lam.) S. Díaz-Piedrahíta
• Heliopsis rugosa Hort. Berol. ex DC.
• Kallias ovata Cass.
• Spilanthes americana (Mutis) Hieron. ex Sodiro
• Spilanthes diffusa Poepp. & Endl.
• Spilanthes disciformis Robinson
• Spilanthes oppositifolia (Lam.) W.G.D'Arcy
• Spilanthes phaneractis (Greenm.) A.H. Moore
• Stemmodontia elongata Rusby
• Verbesina ovata Hort. Par. ex Poir.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Casanare, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Santander, Valle), N-Brazil (Amazonas), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo), Venezuela (Carabobo, Lara, Tachira), Nicaragua, Peru, Costa Rica, Cuba (introduced), French Guiana, Ecuador, Panama, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Valle), Venezuela (Barinas, Merida, Tachira, Trujillo), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• R.K.Jansen, Systematic Botany Monographs; Monographic Series of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists 8:30. 1985
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acmella oppositifolia. Published online. Accessed Feb. 12 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Acmella oppositifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acmella oppositifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Acmella oppositifolia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12. Reference page. 

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