Wedelia

Wedelia
Wedelia hispida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Wedelia
Jacq.[2] 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 (Nyctaginaceae)[3]
Type species
Wedelia fructicosa
Jacq.[4]
Synonyms[5]
  • Anomostephium DC.
  • Trichostephus Cass.
  • Aspilia Thouars
  • Anthemiopsis Bojer ex DC.
  • Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip.
  • Wedelia sect. Cyathophora DC.
  • Thelechitonia Cuatrec.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britton
  • Trichostemma Cass.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten
  • Wirtgenia Sch.Bip.
  • Trichostephium Cass.
  • Stemmodontia Cass.
  • Coronocarpus Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Menotriche Steetz
  • Niebuhria Neck.
  • Gymnolomia Kunth
  • Harpephora Endl.

Wedelia is a flowering plant genus in the sunflower family.[6][4] They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".[7]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist and physician Georg Wolfgang Wedel, 1645–1721.[8][9]

Species[5][7][10]
  1. Wedelia acapulcensis
  2. Wedelia acerba
  3. Wedelia aggregata
  4. Wedelia almedae
  5. Wedelia ambigens
  6. Wedelia avilensis
  7. Wedelia ayerscottiana
  8. Wedelia bahamensis
  9. Wedelia baorucana
  10. Wedelia bishopii
  11. Wedelia buphthalmoides
  12. Wedelia caribaea
  13. Wedelia chihuahuana
  14. Wedelia cordiformis
  15. Wedelia cronquistii
  16. Wedelia cunninghamii
  17. Wedelia ehrenbergii
  18. Wedelia elongata
  19. Wedelia elottiana
  20. Wedelia fertilis
  21. Wedelia filipes
  22. Wedelia forsteriana
  23. Wedelia fruticosa
  24. Wedelia gentryi
  25. Wedelia glauca
  26. Wedelia gonzaleziarum
  27. Wedelia goyazensis
  28. Wedelia grandiflora
  29. Wedelia grayi
  30. Wedelia greenmanii
  31. Wedelia hatschbachii
  32. Wedelia helianthoides
  33. Wedelia heringeri
  34. Wedelia heterophylla
  35. Wedelia hintoniorum
  36. Wedelia hispida
  37. Wedelia hispidula
  38. Wedelia holowayi
  39. Wedelia holwayi
  40. Wedelia iners
  41. Wedelia isolepis
  42. Wedelia juxtlahuacana
  43. Wedelia keilii
  44. Wedelia kerrii
  45. Wedelia kirkbridei
  46. Wedelia lanceolata
  47. Wedelia latifolia
  48. Wedelia ligulifolia
  49. Wedelia longifolia
  50. Wedelia longipes
  51. Wedelia loxensis
  52. Wedelia lundii
  53. Wedelia macedoi
  54. Wedelia macrodonta
  55. Wedelia mexicana
  56. Wedelia modesta
  57. Wedelia montana
  58. Wedelia oligocephala
  59. Wedelia pallida
  60. Wedelia paraensis
  61. Wedelia parviflora
  62. Wedelia pedunculosa
  63. Wedelia penninervia
  64. Wedelia pertenuis
  65. Wedelia pimana
  66. Wedelia puberula
  67. Wedelia purpurea
  68. Wedelia ramagii
  69. Wedelia regis
  70. Wedelia reticulata
  71. Wedelia rhombifolia
  72. Wedelia rosei
  73. Wedelia rudis
  74. Wedelia rugosa
  75. Wedelia saltensis
  76. Wedelia scabra
  77. Wedelia scandens
  78. Wedelia serrata
  79. Wedelia simsioides
  80. Wedelia souzae
  81. Wedelia spilanthoides
  82. Wedelia stenophylla
  83. Wedelia stirlingii
  84. Wedelia strigosa
  85. Wedelia stuebelii
  86. Wedelia subalpestris
  87. Wedelia subvaginata
  88. Wedelia subvelutina
  89. Wedelia symmetrica
  90. Wedelia talpana
  91. Wedelia tambilloana
  92. Wedelia tehuantepecana
  93. Wedelia thouarsii
  94. Wedelia trichostephia
  95. Wedelia triloba
  96. Wedelia uniflora
  97. Wedelia urbani
  98. Wedelia urticaefolia
  99. Wedelia urticifolia
  100. Wedelia vauthieri
  101. Wedelia veadeirosensis
  102. Wedelia verbesinoides
  103. Wedelia vexata
  104. Wedelia villosa
  105. Wedelia xylopoda
Formerly included[5]

Many species were once considered part of Wedelia but now transferred to other genera: Angelphytum Aspilia Baltimora Blainvillea Chrysogonum Eclipta Elaphandra Eleutheranthera Guizotia Heliopsis Kingianthus Lasianthaea Melampodium Melanthera Moonia Sphagneticola Synedrella Tuberculocarpus Verbesina Viguiera Villanova Wollastonia Zexmenia

References

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  1. ↑ "Genus Wedelia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Wedelia Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, search for Wedelia
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tropicos, Wedelia Jacq.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. ↑ Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarumquas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit 8, 28in Latin
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Wedelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  8. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 125, Wedelia Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 8, 28. 1760.
  9. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. IV R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2823. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
  10. ↑ "Species Records of Wedelia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

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