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Wedelia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Zexmenia hispida flower 1.jpg

|image_caption = Wedelia acapulcensis

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Wedelia

|authority = Jacq.{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12794 |title=Genus: Wedelia Jacq. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-10-05 |accessdate=2011-02-14}} 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 (Nyctaginaceae)[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Wedelia&commonname= Tropicos, search for Wedelia]

|type_species = Wedelia fructicosa

|type_species_authority = Jacq.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025667 Tropicos, Wedelia Jacq.]

|synonyms_ref=[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=0d4c3f63-2b11-4683-91fe-5f6bc1cb1fa9 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms =

  • Anomostephium DC.
  • Trichostephus Cass.
  • Aspilia Thouars
  • Anthemiopsis Bojer ex DC.
  • Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.
  • Dipterotheca Sch.Bip.
  • Wedelia sect. Cyathophora DC.
  • Thelechitonia Cuatrec.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britton
  • Trichostemma Cass.
  • Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten
  • Wirtgenia Sch.Bip.
  • Trichostephium Cass.
  • Stemmodontia Cass.
  • Coronocarpus Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Menotriche Steetz
  • Niebuhria Neck.
  • Gymnolomia Kunth
  • Harpephora Endl.

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Wedelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622925#page/11/mode/1up Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarumquas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit 8, 28] in Latin They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".{{ITIS |id=38662 |taxon=Wedelia |accessdate=2011-02-14}}

The genus is named in honor of German botanist and physician Georg Wolfgang Wedel, 1645–1721.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134801 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 125, Wedelia Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 8, 28. 1760. ]{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |volume=IV R-Z |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis US |isbn=978-0-8493-2678-3 |page=2823}}

File:Sphagneticola trilobata (Singapore daisy or wedelia).jpg, near New Delhi]]

Taxonomy

There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Further studies are needed to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.[https://archive.today/20120719132526/http://www.amjbot.org/content/86/3/413.full Phylogenetic relationships of subtribe Ecliptinae - American Journal of Botany]Orchard, Anthony E. 2013. The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic concept (Asteraceae:Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23:337-466 (as Acunniana procumbens (DC.) Orchard),

Many species were once considered part of Wedelia but have been now transferred to other genera, including Angelphytum, Aspilia, Baltimora, Blainvillea, Chrysogonum, Eclipta, Elaphandra, Eleutheranthera, Guizotia, Heliopsis, Kingianthus, Lasianthaea, Melampodium, Melanthera, Moonia, Sphagneticola, Synedrella, Tuberculocarpus, Verbesina, Viguiera, Villanova, Wollastonia and Zexmenia.

Species list

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328481-2 |title=Wedelia Jacq. |date=2022 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=2 December 2022}}

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References

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External links

  • [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=WEDEL USDA PLANTS Profile]
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Category:Asteraceae genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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