Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ceratocephalus javanicus (Sch.Bip. ex Miq.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke ex C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Spilanthes calva DC. |
| synonym | Spilanthes javanica Sch.Bip. ex Miq. |
| synonym | Spilanthes langbianensis (Gagnep.) Stuessy |
| synonym | Spilanthes rugosa Blume ex DeCandolle |
| synonym | Spilanthes rugosa var. truncata Miq. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Procumbent scabrid herbs. Leaves to 4 x 2.5 cm, ovate, base truncate, apex acute, chartaceous. Heads 10 x 7 mm, solitary, conical. Flowers bisexual; corolla yellow, 2.5 mm long, tubular, campanulate above; lobes 0.5 mm long, ovate, acute, glabrous. Achenes 2 x 1 mm, obovate, biconvex, dark brown, glandular.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist localities in evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 41. 1985.
- Spilanthes acmella sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 307. 1881, non (L.) Murr. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 708(498. 1921.
- Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke, Comp. Ind. 138. 1876.
- Spilanthes calva DC. in Wight, Contrib. 19. 1834; Sivar. & Remesan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 10: 143. 1987; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 158. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 220. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 196. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 409. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 178. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 378. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 388. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 287. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 479. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 41. 1985.
- Spilanthes acmella sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 307. 1881, non (L.) Murr. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 708(498. 1921.
- Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke, Comp. Ind. 138. 1876.
- Spilanthes calva DC. in Wight, Contrib. 19. 1834; Sivar. & Remesan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 10: 143. 1987; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 158. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 255. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 220. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 256. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 196. 1995; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 409. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 178. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 378. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 388. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 287. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 479. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Acmella |
| Species | Acmella calva (DC.) R.K.Jansen |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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