Acmella repens

Acmella repens

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Acmella
Species:
A. repens
Binomial name
Acmella repens
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Anthemis repens Walter
  • Acmella nuttaliana Raf.
  • Ceratocephalus beccabunga (DC.) Kuntze
  • Ceratocephalus diffusus (Poepp.) Kuntze
  • Ceratocephalus repens (Walter) Kuntze
  • Ceratocephalus subhirsutus (DC.) Kuntze
  • Spilanthes beccabunga DC.
  • Spilanthes diffusa Poepp. & Endl.
  • Spilanthes nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Spilanthes repens (Walter) Michx.

Acmella repens is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, primarily in the coastal plain from Texas to North Carolina and in the lower Mississippi Valley from Missouri to Louisiana. There are additional populations in Coahuila in northeastern Mexico.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Acmella repens". NatureServe Explorer Acmella repens. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. ^ The Plant List, Acmella repens (Hook. & Arn.) R.K.Jansen
  3. ^ Jansen, Robert K. (1985). "The Systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae–Heliantheae)". Systematic Botany Monographs. 8: 34. doi:10.2307/25027614. JSTOR 25027614.
  4. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 133 Acmella repens (Walter) Richard in C. H. Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 473. 1807.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map