Asteraceae
Acmella

Acmella repens (Walter) Rich.

First published in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 473 (1807)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A. to Venezuela and Paraguay, Cuba. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Acmella oppositifolia var. repens.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Canne, J.M. [1443] United States K003147256 Yes
Tenorio, G.C. [4386] Mexico K003147352 Yes
Hall, E. [348] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147248 Yes
Hooker; Drummond [104] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147252 Yes
Drummond, T. [204] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147251 Yes
Bush, B.F. [252] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147243 Yes
[Dr. Nulse] [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147230 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8567] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147231 Yes
King, R.M.; Almeda, F.; Knowles, M.B. [10530] Venezuela Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K001482982 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147240 Yes
Bush, B.F. [176] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147241 Yes
Moldenke, H. [661] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147235 Yes
Salle [s.n.] Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147239 Yes
Drummond, T. [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147238 Yes
Bush, B.F. [712] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147246 Yes
Drummond, T. [104] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147250 Yes
Drummond, T. [587] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147236 Yes
Bush, B.F. [171] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147242 Yes
Ravenel, H.W. [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147244 Yes
[I. M. Delile] [s.n.] Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147233 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7937] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147237 Yes
Hale, J. [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147234 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147229 Yes
[illegible]mmond [204] United States Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K003147249 Yes
Venezuela Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K001482980 Yes
Venezuela Acmella oppositifolia var. repens K001482981 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0