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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Tropicos, search for Wedelia
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Wedelia Jacq.
  4. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [permanent dead link]
  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. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 125, Wedelia Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 8, 28. 1760.
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  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. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • USDA PLANTS Profile
  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Wedelia at Wikispecies

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