Biology:Wedelia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Wedelia
Zexmenia hispida flower 1.jpg
Wedelia hispida
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Wedelia
Jacq.[1] 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 (Nyctaginaceae)[2]
Type species
Wedelia fructicosa
Synonyms[4]
  • 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.

Wedelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[5][3] They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".[6]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist and physician Georg Wolfgang Wedel, 1645–1721.[7][8]

Wedelia in Noida, 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.[9][10]

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.[4]

Species list

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[11]


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2245746 entry