- Family: Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus: Acmella Rich. ex Pers.
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen
- Genus: Acmella Rich. ex Pers.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb, the stems decumbent or erect; stems often reddish, glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves broadly ovate to deltate, 5–11 cm long, 4–8 cm wide, base truncate or with a short attenuate part, margins dentate, apex acute, usually glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula solitary, elongated-conical, discoid, 10–24 mm long, 11–17 mm in diameter; phyllaries in 3 series, 5–7 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Disc florets many, yellow to orange, 2.7–3.3 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes black, 2–2.5 mm long, ciliate; pappus of 2 bristles 0.3–1.5 mm long.
- Habitat
- Unclear; the Zanzibari specimen might be from a clove shamba
- Distribution
- known only from cultivation and escapes from cultivation K4 U4 Z
[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
- Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 1300 m.; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Brazil Southeast
Introduced into:
Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Central African Repu, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Ecuador, Gabon, India, Jawa, Leeward Is., Mali, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Peru, Poland, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre
- Anacyclus pyrethraria Spreng.
- Bidens acmelloides Bergius
- Bidens fervida Lam.
- Bidens fixa Hook.f.
- Bidens fusca Lam.
- Bidens oleracea Cav. ex Steud.
- Cotula dichotoma Pers.
- Cotula pyretharia L.
- Isocarpha pyrethraria (L.) Cass.
- Pyrethraria dichotoma Pers. ex Steud.
- Pyrethrum spilanthus Medik.
- Spilanthes acmella var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
- Spilanthes calva var. oleracea (Jacq.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht
- Spilanthes fusca Lam.
- Spilanthes oleracea L.
- Spilanthes oleracea var. fusca (Lam.) DC.
- Spilanthes radicans Schrad. ex DC.
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2012 | Gardner, G. [2224], Piauí | K000054453 | ||
| Dec 1, 2012 | Gardner, G. [2224], Piauí | K000054454 | ||
| Jul 1, 2012 | Burchell [4734], Brazil | K000955721 | ||
| Agra, M.F. [1170], Paraíba | K000054457 | |||
| Agra, M.F. [1170], Paraíba | K000054456 | |||
| Ash [1612], Ethiopia | Spilanthes oleracea | 35897.000 |
First published in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 65 (1985)
Accepted by
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Literature
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"
Kew Backbone Distributions
- (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715 epublication.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
- Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 216 (1994).
- D.J.N. Hind & Biggs in Curtis Bot. Mag. 20: 31–39 (2003).
- D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 209 (1993).
- Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 234, t. 52 (1991).
- R.K.Jansen in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 65 (1985).
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