Spilanthes Explained

Spilanthes is a genus of African and South American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The species within Spilanthes include:^[3]

Formerly included

Numerous species once included in Spilanthes are now considered members of other genera. The best known of these is the toothache plant, which was formerly Spilanthes acmella but is now considered part of its own genus and is referred to as Acmella oleracea.^[4] Other taxa formerly included in Spilanthes include:

• Adenostemma
• Eclipta
• Heliopsis
• Isocarpha
• Jaegeria
• Melampodium
• Salmea
• Verbesina
• Wollastonia
• Zinnia

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622925#page/11/mode/1up Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 8, 28
2. Jansen, R. K. 1981. Systematics of Spilanthes (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 6(3): 231–257.
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Spilanthes The Plant List search for Spilanthes
4. Tiwari. KL. SK Jadhav. V. Joshi. An updated review on medicinal herb genus Spilanthes. Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine. November 2011 . 9. 11. 11 . 1170–1178. 22088581. 29 December 2013. 10.3736/jcim20111103.