- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Acmella Rich. ex Pers.
Acmella repens (Walter) Rich.

[CPLC]
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
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 2100 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2100–2100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 2100 - 2100 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- botoncillo, chisacá, guaca, quemadera, risacá, yuyo, yuyo quemado
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
- Acmella nuttaliana Raf.
- Acmella occidentalis Nutt.
- Acmella oppositifolia var. repens (Walter) R.K.Jansen
- Anthemis repens Walter
- Anthemis trinervia Sessé & Moc.
- Ceratocephalus beccabunga Kuntze
- Ceratocephalus repens (Walter) Kuntze
- Ceratocephalus subhirsutus Kuntze
- Spilanthes americana f. ciliatifolia A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana f. lanitecta A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana f. longiinternodiata A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana var. parvula (B.L.Rob.) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes americana var. repens (Walter) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes beccabunga DC.
- Spilanthes beccabunga var. parvula B.L.Rob.
- Spilanthes ciliata var. diffusa A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes cocuyensis Cuatrec.
- Spilanthes diffusa Poepp. & Endl.
- Spilanthes disciformis var. phaneractis Greenm.
- Spilanthes lateraliflora Klatt
- Spilanthes lehmanniana Klatt
- Spilanthes nuttallii Torr. & A.Gray
- Spilanthes orizabaensis Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
- Spilanthes phaneractis (Greenm.) A.H.Moore
- Spilanthes repens (Walter) Michx.
- Spilanthes subhirsuta DC.
Acmella repens (Walter) Rich. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Venezuela | Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | K001482980 | Yes | ||
Venezuela | Acmella oppositifolia var. repens | K001482981 | Yes |
First published in Syn. Pl. 2: 473 (1807)
Accepted by
- Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Not accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Acmella oppositifolia var. repens.]
Literature
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/
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Kew Science Photographs
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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