Asteraceae

Eclipta L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 157, 286 (1771), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Australia, America.

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 South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Czechia-Slovakia, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Greece, Guinea, 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, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • D. J. Nicholas Hind (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Mant. Pl. 2: 157 (1771), nom. cons.
  • Orchard, A. E. & Cross, E. W. (2013). A revision of the Australian species of Eclipta (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with discussion of extra-Australian taxa. Nuytsia 23(1): 43–62.
  • Panero in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 450 [2006] (2007)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 373. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Mant. Pl. Alt.: 286 (1771), nom. conserv.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aitchison, J.E.T. [447] Afghanistan K002901142 Yes
Lowe, M. [421] Spain K002901152 Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K002901140 Yes
Hairul, M.A.; Beentje, H.(K); Kiew, R.; Beentje, J. [FRI 60910] Malaysia K002901332 Yes
s.coll. [421] K002901154 Yes
s.coll. [404] Brazil K001030555 Yes
Griffith [936] Afghanistan K002901144 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002901153 Yes
Julius, A.; Henk; Brodie, J.; Kiew, R. [FRI 56166] Malaysia K002901333 Yes
Griffith [[140]] Afghanistan K002901143 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [3381] Tanzania K002901787 No
s.coll. [7] Afghanistan K002901141 Yes
Mandon, G. [130] Spain K002901148 Yes
C.L. [s.n.] Spain K002901151 Yes
Ising, E.H. [3766] Australia K:SPC-31426.000 Type No
Lim, C.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Kamarul Hisham, M.; Mohd. Nazri, A. [FRI 56693] Malaysia K002901331 No
s.coll. [404] Brazil K001030556 Yes
Rosdi, M.; Beentje, H.(K); Beentje, J.; Chew, M.Y.; Angan, A. [FRI 59919] Malaysia K002901334 Yes
Lemann, C. [s.n.] K002901149 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF11505] Papua New Guinea K002901457 Yes
Taquet [1038] Korea K001065770 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF10689] Papua New Guinea K002901456 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002901150 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • 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.

  • 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

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