Spilanthes

Spilanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Spilanthes
Jacq.
Type species
Spilanthes urens[2][3]
Jacq.
Synonyms[1]
  • Spilanthus L., alternate spelling
  • Ceruchis Gaertn. ex Schreb.
  • Spilanthes sect. Salivaria DC.
  • Ceratocephalus Kuntze

Spilanthes is a genus of African and South American plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[4][3][5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.
  2. Spilanthes anactina F.Muell.
  3. Spilanthes beccabunga DC.
  4. Spilanthes callimorpha A.H.Moore
  5. Spilanthes commutata K.Koch
  6. Spilanthes costata Benth.
  7. Spilanthes grandiflora Turcz.
  8. Spilanthes guatemalensis Vatke ex Donn.Sm.
  9. Spilanthes insipida Jacq.
  10. Spilanthes intermedia (Rich.) DC.
  11. Spilanthes leiocarpa DC.
  12. Spilanthes leucantha Kunth
  13. Spilanthes mauritiana (A.Rich. ex Pers.) DC.
  14. Spilanthes montana Britton & S.F.Blake
  15. Spilanthes nervosa Chodat
  16. Spilanthes ocymifolia (Lam.) A.H.Moore
  17. Spilanthes ovata Merr.
  18. Spilanthes papposa Hemsl.
  19. Spilanthes paraguayensis R.K.Jansen
  20. Spilanthes pauciceps (Griseb.) S.F.Blake
  21. Spilanthes pilosa R.K.Jansen
  22. Spilanthes sartorii Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
  23. Spilanthes sessilis Poepp. & Endl.
  24. Spilanthes urens Jacq.
formerly included[1]

Numerous species once included in Spilanthes are now considered better suited in other genera (Acmella Adenostemma Eclipta Heliopsis Isocarpha Jaegeria Melampodium Salmea Verbesina Wollastonia Zinnia). The best known of these is the toothache plant, formerly Spilanthes oleracea, now called Acmella oleracea, a Brazilian species widely used as a culinary and medicinal herb.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 552. 1907
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Spilanthes Jacq.
  4. ↑ Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 8, 28 in Latin
  5. ↑ Jansen, R. K. 1981. Systematics of Spilanthes (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 6(3): 231–257.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Spilanthes
  7. ↑ Tiwari, KL; SK Jadhav; V. Joshi (November 2011). "An updated review on medicinal herb genus Spilanthes". Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine. 11 9: 1170–1178. doi:10.3736/jcim20111103. PMID 22088581. Retrieved 29 December 2013.