Acmella alba

Acmella alba

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Spilanthinae
Genus: Acmella
Species: Acmella alba
Varietates: A. a. var. alba – A. a. var. ecuadorensis

Name

Acmella alba (L'Hér.) R.K.Jansen, 1985

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Spilanthes alba L'Hér. in Stirp. Nov.: 7 (1785)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America NE-Brazil (Bahia), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais), Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo), Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Jansen, R.K. 1985. The systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Systematic Botany Monographs 8: [2] + 115 pp. Reference page. : 8: 62

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Acmella alba. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Acmella alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Acmella alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Acmella alba. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 12. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: marsh para cress

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