Spilanthes

Spilanthes is a genus of African and South American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[4][2][5]

Spilanthes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Spilanthinae
Genus: Spilanthes
Jacq.
Type species
Spilanthes urens[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Spilanthus L., alternate spelling
  • Ceruchis Gaertn. ex Schreb.
  • Spilanthes sect. Salivaria DC.
  • Ceratocephalus Kuntze

Species

The species within Spilanthes include:[3][6]

  • Spilanthes anactina F.Muell.
  • Spilanthes callimorpha A.H.Moore
  • Spilanthes commutata K.Koch
  • Spilanthes costata Benth.
  • Spilanthes intermedia (Rich.) DC.
  • Spilanthes montana Britton & S.F.Blake
  • Spilanthes ocymifolia (Lam.) A.H.Moore
  • Spilanthes ovata Merr.
  • Spilanthes paraguayensis R.K.Jansen
  • Spilanthes pauciceps (Griseb.) S.F.Blake
  • Spilanthes sartorii Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
  • Spilanthes sessilis Poepp. & Endl.
  • Spilanthes urens Jacq.

Formerly included

Numerous species once included in Spilanthes are now considered members of other genera. The best known of these is the toothache plant, which was formerly Spilanthes acmella but is now considered part of its own genus and is referred to as Acmella oleracea.[7] Other taxa formerly included in Spilanthes include:[3]

References
  1. lectotype designated by Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 552. 1907
  2. Tropicos, Spilanthes Jacq.
  3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 8, 28 in Latin
  5. Jansen, R. K. 1981. Systematics of Spilanthes (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 6(3): 231–257.
  6. The Plant List search for Spilanthes
  7. Tiwari, KL; SK Jadhav; V. Joshi (November 2011). "An updated review on medicinal herb genus Spilanthes". Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine. 11. 9: 1170–1178. doi:10.3736/jcim20111103. PMID 22088581. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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