History of discovery
Eclipta pusilla was first described in 1808 by the French botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret under the name Verbesina pusilla. This description appeared in volume 8 of Lamarck's Encyclopédie Méthodique: Botanique, where Poiret provided a Latin diagnosis and a French commentary. In 1836, the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle reclassified the species into the genus Eclipta , resulting in the currently accepted name Eclipta pusilla. [4] [5]
In 1933, American botanist Marcus E. Jones described another plant under the same name, Eclipta pusilla, based on specimens he collected in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 1930. [6] [7] However, this name is considered illegitimate due to its prior use by Poiret. The specimen collected by Jones is preserved as a holotype at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. [6] [7]
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