Acmella uliginosa

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Acmella uliginosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Acmella
Species:
A. uliginosa
Binomial name
Acmella uliginosa
(Sw.) Cass.
Synonyms [2]
  • Calea savannarumStandl. & Steyerm.
  • Spilanthes lundiiDC.
  • Spilanthes uliginosaSw.

Acmella uliginosa, the marsh para cress, is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, etc.) and is naturalized in parts of Asia (China, Philippines, India, etc.) and Africa. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Beentje, H.J. (2017). "Acmella uliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T185500A84264653. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T185500A84264653.en . Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. The Plant List, Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.
  3. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 862 天文草 tian wen cao Acmella ciliata (Kunth) Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 24: 331. 1822.
  4. Jansen, R. K. 1985. The systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae–Heliantheae). Systematic Botany Monographs 8: 1–115
  5. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  6. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.

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