Eclipta (plant)
Appearance
Eclipta | |
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Eclipta prostrata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Heliantheae |
Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
Genus: | Eclipta L. |
Type species | |
Eclipta erecta | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Eclipta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[4][5]
- Eclipta alatocarpa - Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia
- Eclipta angustata - apparently native to Nepal and Bengal; widely naturalized in China, Ryukyu Islands, Southeast Asia, northern India
- Eclipta elliptica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
- Eclipta leiocarpa - Colombia
- Eclipta megapotamica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
- Eclipta paludicola - southern Brazil
- Eclipta platyglossa - Australia
- Eclipta prostrata - Japan, China, Nepal, Australia, North and South America; naturalized in Europe, Africa, Pacific Islands
- Eclipta pusilla - Puerto Rico
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos, Eclipta L.
- ^ The Plant List, Eclipta erecta L.
- ^ a b The Plant List, search for Eclipta
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 157 in Latin
- ^ F.A. Zich; B.P.M Hyland; T. Whiffen; R.A. Kerrigan (2020). "Asteraceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Umemoto, S. and H. Koyama. (2007). A new species of Eclipta (Compositae: Heliantheae) and its allies in eastern Asia. Archived 2014-03-31 at the Wayback Machine Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 35 108-18.
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