Eclipta (plant) explained

Eclipta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Species^[3]

• Eclipta alatocarpa - Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia
• Eclipta angustata - apparently native to Nepal and Bengal; widely naturalized in China, Ryukyu Islands, Southeast Asia, northern India
• Eclipta elliptica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Eclipta leiocarpa - Colombia
• Eclipta megapotamica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Eclipta paludicola - southern Brazil
• Eclipta platyglossa - Australia
• Eclipta prostrata - Japan, China, Nepal, Australia, North and South America; naturalized in Europe, Africa, Pacific Islands (inc. Artemisia viridis Blanco = contra Artemisia viridis Willd. ex DC.).
• Eclipta pusilla - Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum 2: 157 in Latin
2. Web site: 21 March 2021 . Asteraceae . F.A. Zich . B.P.M Hyland . T. Whiffen . R.A. Kerrigan . Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8 . 2020 . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) .
3. Umemoto, S. and H. Koyama. (2007). A new species of Eclipta (Compositae: Heliantheae) and its allies in eastern Asia. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 35 108-18.