Wedelia

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Wedelia
Wedelia acapulcensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Wedelia
Jacq.[1] 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 (Nyctaginaceae)[2]
Type species
Wedelia fructicosa
Synonyms[4]
  • Anomostephium DC.
  • Trichostephus Cass.
  • Aspilia Thouars
  • Anthemiopsis Bojer ex DC.
  • Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip.
  • Wedelia sect. Cyathophora DC.
  • Thelechitonia Cuatrec.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britton
  • Trichostemma Cass.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten
  • Wirtgenia Sch.Bip.
  • Trichostephium Cass.
  • Stemmodontia Cass.
  • Coronocarpus Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Menotriche Steetz
  • Niebuhria Neck.
  • Gymnolomia Kunth
  • Harpephora Endl.

Wedelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[5][3] They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".[6]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist and physician Georg Wolfgang Wedel, 1645–1721.[7][8]

Wedelia in Noida, near New Delhi

Taxonomy[edit]

There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Further studies are needed to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.[9][10]

Many species were once considered part of Wedelia but have been now transferred to other genera, including Angelphytum, Aspilia, Baltimora, Blainvillea, Chrysogonum, Eclipta, Elaphandra, Eleutheranthera, Guizotia, Heliopsis, Kingianthus, Lasianthaea, Melampodium, Melanthera, Moonia, Sphagneticola, Synedrella, Tuberculocarpus, Verbesina, Viguiera, Villanova, Wollastonia and Zexmenia.[4]

Species list[edit]

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Genus: Wedelia Jacq". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  2. ^ Tropicos, search for Wedelia
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Wedelia Jacq.
  4. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ^ Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarumquas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit 8, 28 in Latin
  6. ^ "Wedelia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  7. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 125, Wedelia Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 8, 28. 1760.
  8. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Vol. IV R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2823. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
  9. ^ Phylogenetic relationships of subtribe Ecliptinae - American Journal of Botany
  10. ^ Orchard, Anthony E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic concept (Asteraceae:Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23:337-466 (as Acunniana procumbens (DC.) Orchard),
  11. ^ "Wedelia Jacq". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.

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