Aspilia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Aspilia mossambicensis00.jpg
|image_caption = Aspilia mossambicensis
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Aspilia
|authority = Thouars
|type_species = Aspilia thouarsii
|type_species_authority = DC.
|synonyms =
- Coronocarpus {{small|Schumach.}}
- Dipterotheca {{small|Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.}}
- Harpephora {{small|Endl.}}
- Menotriche {{small|Steetz}}
- Wirtgenia {{small|Sch.Bip.}}
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Aspilia Thouars |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328472-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=6 February 2025}}
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Aspilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12[http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1522 Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021031 Tropicos, Aspilia Thouars ] Aspilia is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, and tropical South America.[https://archive.today/20141108140620/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4D43A33E-B714-429E-8653-3B4E61E3321B Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed] Some authors have merged this genus with Wedelia, but others maintain that more study is required.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13752349#page/25/mode/1up Tadessa, Mesfin. 1999. New combinations, varieties, and synonyms in African Compositae. Compositae Newsletter 33:23-32.]
Medicinal uses
Historically, Aspilia africana was used in Mbaise and most Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria to prevent conception, suggesting potential contraceptive and anti-fertility properties.Oluyemi Kayode A.; Okwuonu Uche C.; Baxter D. Grillo & Oyesola Tolulope, O.,"Toxic Effects of Methanolic Extract of Aspilia africana Leaf on the Estrous Cycle and Uterine Tissues of Wistar Rats" Int. J. Morphol., 25(3):609-614, 2007. Leaf extract and fractions of A. africana effectively arrested bleeding from fresh wounds, inhibited microbial growth of known wound contaminants and accelerated wound healing process.BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 7 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/24 Aspilia is hypothesized to be used as herbal medicine by some chimpanzees.{{cite web |url=http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm |title=8_1 Chimpanzee Medicine Chest |access-date=2011-09-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070200/http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm |archive-date=2011-06-08 }}Raffaele Paul "Among the Great Apes"'',Harper, 2010 p98
Species
63 species are currently accepted.
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- Aspilia africana {{small|(Pers.) C.D.Adams}}
- Aspilia albuquerquei {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia almasensis {{small|D.J.N.Hind}}
- Aspilia andrade-limae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia angolensis {{small|Muschl.}}
- Aspilia angustifolia {{small|Oliv. & Hiern}}
- Aspilia aristata {{small|Griseb.}} (unplaced)
- Aspilia baumii {{small|O.Hoffm.}} (unplaced)
- Aspilia belo-horizontinae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia bipartita {{small|O.Hoffm.}}
- Aspilia bojeri {{small|DC.}}
- Aspilia bussei {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}}
- Aspilia caudata {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia calvacantei {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia cearensis {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia chevalieri {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}}
- Aspilia ciliata {{small|(Schumach.) Wild}}
- Aspilia clausseniana {{small|Baker}}
- Aspilia cordifolia {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia diamantinae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia diniz-cruziana {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia discolor {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia duarteana {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia eckendorffii {{small|Philipson}}
- Aspilia eenii {{small|S.Moore}}
- Aspilia egleri {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia erosa {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia espinhacensis {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia foliosa {{small|Benth. & Hook.f.}}
- Aspilia gillettii {{small|Wild}}
- Aspilia glaziovii {{small|Baker}}
- Aspilia goiazensis {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia grazielae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia hatschbachii {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia helianthoides {{small|(Schumach. & Thonn.) Oliv. & Hiern}}
- Aspilia ioletae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia itabaianensis {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia jolyana {{small|G.M.Barroso}}
- Aspilia kotschyi {{small|(Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv.}}
- Aspilia kunthiana {{small|S.F.Blake}}
- Aspilia latissima {{small|Malme}}
- Aspilia linearis {{small|S.F.Blake}}
- Aspilia lisowskiana {{small|D.J.N.Hind}}
- Aspilia macrorrhiza {{small|Chiov.}}
- Aspilia malaissei {{small|Lisowski}}
- Aspilia matogrossensis {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia mendoncae {{small|Wild}}
- Aspilia minima {{small|Humbert}}
- Aspilia mossambicensis {{small|(Oliv.) Wild}}
- Aspilia natalensis {{small|(Sond.) Wild}}
- Aspilia paludosa {{small|Berhaut}}
- Aspilia paraensis {{small|(Huber) J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia pereirae {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia platyphylla {{small|Huber) J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia pluriseta {{small|Schweinf. ex Engl.}}
- Aspilia pohlii {{small|Baker}}
- Aspilia prostrata {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia pseudocalea {{small|G.H.L. da Silva & A.M.Teles}}
- Aspilia rudis {{small|Oliv. & Hiern}}
- Aspilia rugulosa {{small|Humbert}}
- Aspilia sahariensis {{small|O.Hoffm. & Muschl.}}
- Aspilia subscandens {{small|J.U.Santos}}
- Aspilia thouarsii {{small|DC.}}
- Aspilia trichodesmoides {{small|O.Hoffm.}}
- Aspilia triplinervia {{small|(Kunth) S.F.Blake}}
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References
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Category:Taxa described in 1806
Category:Taxa named by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars
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