Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect herbs, pilose. Upper leaves alternate, 5-8 x 2-3.5, ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded, 3-ribbed, crenate, pubescent; petiole 1 cm, pilose. Capitulum solitary, 4-5 mm across; palea 5-6 mm; peduncles to 1.5 cm; phyllaries 5 x 2 mm, ovate-oblong, pubescent; ray florets 2 mm across; disc florets 2 mm across. Achenes truncate, 3.5 mm, black; pappus of 3-4 bristles, 1 mm.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry deciduous forests, also in the Plains, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Malappuram, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philip., Blumea 6: 350. 1950; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 153. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 361. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 254. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 197. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 377. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 246. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 361. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 162. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 166. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 375. 2009.
- Verbesina acmella L., Sp. Pl. 901. 1753.
- Blainvillea rhomboidea Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 29: 494. 1823; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 706(496). 1921.
- Blainvillea latifolia (L. f.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 71. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 305. 1880.
- Eclipta latifolia L. f., Suppl. Pl. 378. 1781.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philip., Blumea 6: 350. 1950; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 153. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 361. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 254. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 197. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 377. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 246. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 361. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 162. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 166. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 375. 2009.
- Verbesina acmella L., Sp. Pl. 901. 1753.
- Blainvillea rhomboidea Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 29: 494. 1823; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 706(496). 1921.
- Blainvillea latifolia (L. f.) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 71. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 305. 1880.
- Eclipta latifolia L. f., Suppl. Pl. 378. 1781.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Spilanthes |
| Species | Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murray |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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