- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Acmella Rich. ex Pers.
Acmella repens (Walter) Rich.
- Genus: Acmella Rich. ex Pers.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Central & SE. U.S.A. to Venezuela and Paraguay, Cuba. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
Descriptions
According to Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
[CPLC]Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2100 m.; Andes.
- Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 2100 - 2100 m.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
Uses
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]- Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
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Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela
Synonyms
- Acmella nuttaliana Raf.
- Acmella occidentalis Nutt.
- Acmella oppositifolia var. repens (Walter) R.K.Jansen
- Anthemis repens Walter
- Anthemis trinervia Sessé & Moc.
- Ceratocephalus beccabunga Kuntze
- Ceratocephalus repens (Walter) Kuntze
- Ceratocephalus subhirsutus Kuntze
- Spilanthes americana f. lanitecta A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana var. parvula (B.L.Rob.) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana var. repens (Walter) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes beccabunga DC.
- Spilanthes beccabunga var. parvula B.L.Rob.
- Spilanthes cocuyensis Cuatrec.
- Spilanthes diffusa Poepp. & Endl.
- Spilanthes disciformis var. phaneractis Greenm.
- Spilanthes lateraliflora Klatt
- Spilanthes lehmanniana Klatt
- Spilanthes nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
- Spilanthes orizabaensis Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
- Spilanthes phaneractis (Greenm.) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes repens (Walter) Michx.
- Spilanthes subhirsuta DC.
Other Data
Acmella repens (Walter) Rich. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Syn. Pl. ii. 473 (1807)
Accepted by
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Not accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Acmella oppositifolia var. repens.]
Literature
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Sources
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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