Wollastonia

Wollastonia
Ate (Wollastonia biflora) from Tonga, growing along the seashore.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Wollastonia
DC. ex Decne.
Binomial name
Wollastonia biflora
DC. ex Decne.
Synonyms[1]
  • Verbesina biflora L.
  • Wollastonia zanzibarensis DC.
  • Verbesina argentea Gaudich.
  • Eclipta scabriuscula Wall.
  • Niebuhria biflora (L.) Britten
  • Wedelia biflora (L.) DC.
  • Wedelia canescens (Gaudich.) Merr.
  • Stemmodontia canescens (Gaudich.)
  • Verbesina strigulosa Gaudich.
  • Spilanthes peregrina Blanco
  • Wedelia rechingeriana Muschl.
  • Wollastonia glabrata DC.
  • Wollastonia canescens DC.
  • Buphthalmum australe Spreng.
  • Wedelia chamissonis Less.
  • Acmella biflora (L.) Spreng.
  • Verbesina canescens Gaudich.
  • Seruneum biflorum (L.) Kuntze
  • Wollastonia strigulosa (Gaudich.)
  • Wedelia argentea (Gaudich.) Merr.
  • Wedelia tiliifolia Rechinger & Muschl.
  • Wedelia glabrata (DC.) Boerl.
  • Adenostemma biflorum (L.) Less.
  • Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild
  • Wollastonia scabriuscula DC. ex Decne.
  • Verbesina aquatilis Burm.
  • Stemmodontia biflora (L.)
  • Wollastonia biflora Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Wedelia strigulosa (Gaudich.) K.Schum.
  • Wollastonia insularis DC.

Wollastonia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

More than 30 names have been proposed in the genus, but only one is recognized. Wollastonia biflora, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Queensland, and certain islands of the Pacific (Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands).[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1834. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 3: 414-415 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Wollastonia DC. ex Decne.
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 871 孪花菊属 luan hua ju shu Wollastonia Candolle ex Decaisne, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 414. 1834.