Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 286 (1771)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. & Subtropical America. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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  • Lustyk, P. & Doležal, J. (2022). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XX. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 57: 41-171.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
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  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
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Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2015 Julius [FRI 56168], Malaya K001045438 No
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [523], Brazil K000895511 Yes
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [795], Rio de Janeiro K000895513 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [836], Brazil K000955678 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6617], Brazil K000955679 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6924-2], Brazil K000955683 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell [6821], Brazil K000955677 Yes
Apr 1, 2009 Asik [127836], Sabah K000610478 No
Apr 1, 2009 Amib [59547], Sabah K000610488 No
Feb 1, 2009 Forster, J.G.A. [s.n.] K001065758 lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2009 Laizer, G.S. [1373], Tanzania K000614910 No
Feb 1, 2008 Vermeulen [2394], Sulawesi K000512316 No
Feb 1, 2008 Ambriansyah [3202], Kalimantan K000512337 No
Jan 1, 2008 Ezrom, P. et al. [78], Tanzania K000612543 No
Nov 1, 2007 Sasaki, D. [1504], Mato Grosso K000579649 Yes
May 13, 2005 Hamilton, W.D. [40], Brazil K001030457 Yes
Mar 1, 2002 Gardner, G. [1054], Pernambuco K000054367 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Ridley [102], Pernambuco K000054365 Yes
Feb 1, 2002 Moseley [9/73], Pernambuco K000054366 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 França, F. [1993], Bahia K000053086 Yes
Aug 1, 1999 Andrade, W.M. [136], Pernambuco K000054368 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil K001062032 Yes
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [6473], Peru K000200545 Yes
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [25850], Bahia K000053335 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Eiten, G. [4997], Bahia K000053334 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [1262], Nigeria 8659.000 No
Cruckshanks [s.n.], Peru K000009860 holotype Yes
Hind, D.J.N. [PCD3381], Bahia K000053325 Yes
Hind, D.J.N. [H50475], Bahia K000053326 Yes
Carvalho, A.M. [3846], Bahia K000053327 Yes
Guedes, M.L. [17], Bahia K000053328 Yes
Salzmann, P. [13], Brazil K000053329 Yes
Salzmann, P. [13], Brazil K000053330 Yes
Mori, S.A. [11617], Bahia K000053331 Yes
Kayombo, C.J. [4407], Tanzania K000612947 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3209] K001118811 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K001030559 Yes
Silva, H.G.C. [143], Brazil K001030563 Yes
Archer, W.A. [7726], Brazil K001030469 Yes
Martius [404], Brazil K001030476 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3209] K001118810 Yes
Lowe, J. [4268], Brazil K001030458 Yes
Burchell [1063], Brazil K000955681 Yes
Bidgood, S. [5952], Tanzania K000468473 No
Burchell [1618], Brazil K000955682 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil K001030468 Yes
Philcox, D. [4651], Brazil K001030461 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3209] K001118813 Yes
Anderson, A.B. [1109], Brazil K001030561 Yes
s.coll. [450] K000895512 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [480], Brazil K001030471 Yes
Prance, G.T. [14759], Brazil K001030470 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K001030557 Yes
Chevalier [1262], Mali K000391793 No
Prance, G.T. [2546], Brazil K001030473 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [2510], Brazil K001030462 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6735], Brazil K001030459 Yes
Burchell [7064-2], Brazil K000955680 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3209] K001118812 Yes
Hagerup, O. [433], Mali K000391794 No
Mexia, Y. [5273], Brazil K001030477 Yes
Carneiro-Torres, D.S. [374], Brazil K001030569 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23434], Brazil K001030483 Yes
Glaziou [4050], Brazil K001030481 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6735], Brazil K001030472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Santa Catarina K000895510 Yes
Eiten, G. [7832], Brazil K001030480 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3792], Mali K000391792 No
Miers, J. [3838], Brazil K001030479 Yes
Grazziotin, G. [s.n.], Brazil K001030562 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001030463 Yes
Teixeira, L.O.A. [386], Brazil K001030475 Yes
Tweedie [402], Brazil K001030466 Yes
Amaral, I.L. [345], Brazil K001030474 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3209] K001118809 Yes
Hind, D.J.N. [PCD2938], Bahia K000053324 Yes
Castellanos, A. [23479], Brazil K001030482 Yes
Rau, W. [102], Brazil K001030485 Yes
Lombardi, J.A. [2589], Brazil K001030460 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K001030667 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil K001030558 Yes
Bartolomeu, J.G. [s.n.], Brazil K001030560 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14001], Brazil K001030484 Yes
s.coll. [402], Brazil K001030467 Yes
Eiten, G. [6209], Brazil K001030486 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [480], Brazil K001030464 Yes
Nunes, T.S. [1253], Brazil K001030570 Yes
Mattos Silva, L.A. [631], Bahia K000053332 Yes
s.coll. [402], Brazil K001030465 Yes
King, R.M. [8789], Bahia K000053333 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4844], Brazil K001030478 Yes
Peru K000325918 Yes
Peru K000325931 Yes
Peru K000747182 Yes
Colombia K001482736 Yes
Colombia K001482737 Yes
Colombia K001482739 Yes
Colombia K001482740 Yes
Colombia K001482741 Yes
Colombia K001482742 Yes
Colombia K001482743 Yes
Colombia K001482744 Yes
Colombia K001482745 Yes
Colombia K001482746 Yes
Galapagos Islands K001482747 Yes
Galapagos Islands K001482748 Yes
Galapagos Islands K001482749 Yes
Galapagos Islands K001482750 Yes
Ecuador K001482751 Yes
Ecuador K001482752 Yes
Ecuador K001482753 Yes
Ecuador K001482754 Yes
Ecuador K001482755 Yes
Ecuador K001482756 Yes
Panama K001482757 Yes
Panama K001482758 Yes
Panama K001482759 Yes
Panama K001482760 Yes
Peru K001482761 Yes
Peru K001482762 Yes
Peru K001482763 Yes
Peru K001482764 Yes
Peru K001482765 Yes
Peru K001482766 Yes
Peru K001482767 Yes
Peru K001482768 Yes
Peru K001482769 Yes
Peru K001482770 Yes
Peru K001482771 Yes
Peru K001482772 Yes
Peru K001482773 Yes
Venezuela K001482774 Yes
Venezuela K001482775 Yes
Venezuela K001482776 Yes
Venezuela K001482777 Yes
Venezuela K001482778 Yes
Venezuela K001482779 Yes
Venezuela K001482780 Yes
Venezuela K001482781 Yes
Schimper [539], Ethiopia Anthemis abyssinica K000410945 isotype Yes
Schimper [539], Ethiopia Anthemis abyssinica K000410947 holotype Yes
Schimper [539], Ethiopia Anthemis abyssinica K000410946 Yes
Schimper [539], Ethiopia Anthemis abyssinica K000410948 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3211], Vietnam Eclipta erecta K001118817 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3211] Eclipta erecta K001118818 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3211], India Eclipta erecta K001118815 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3211], India Eclipta erecta K001118816 Yes
Cuming, H. [2436], Singapore Eclipta alba K001065763 isosyntype Yes
Carey, W. [s.n.] Eclipta alba K001065768 Yes
Wight, R. [1444] Eclipta alba K001065769 Yes
s.coll. [319] Eclipta alba K001065767 Yes
s.coll. [3209] Eclipta alba K001065766 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] Eclipta alba K001065765 Yes
Wallich, G.C. [3209] Eclipta alba K001065764 Yes

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