Synedrella

Synedrella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

Synedrella
Synedrella nodiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Genus:
Synedrella

Species:
S. nodiflora
Binomial name
Synedrella nodiflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Ucacou Adans.
  • Verbesina nodiflora L.
  • Eclipta latifolia L.f.
  • Blainvillea latifolia (L.f.) DC.
  • Ecliptica latifolia (L.f.) Kuntze
  • Wedelia cryptocephala Peter
  • Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc.

It contains only one known species, Synedrella nodiflora, native to South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida. It is naturalized in much of Asia, northern Australia, some Pacific Islands, and tropical Africa.[1][5][6][7][8][9] Nodeweed is a common name for this species.[10]

formerly included[1]
  • Synedrella peduncularis Benth., syn of Schizoptera peduncularis (Benth.) S.F.Blake
  • Synedrella vialis (Less.) A.Gray, syn of Calyptocarpus vialis Less.

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): 456-457 in Latin
  3. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): plate CLXXI line drawing
  4. Tropicos, Synedrella Gaertn.
  5. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 127 Synedrella Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456, plate 171, fig. 7. 1791.
  6. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 868 金腰箭属 jin yao jian shu Synedrella Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456. 1791.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  8. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  9. Pruski, J.F. 1997. Asteraceae. 3: 177–393. In J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry & B. K. Holst (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  10. "Synedrella nodiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 December 2015.


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