Spilanthes Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 8, 28 (1760)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Annual or sometimes perennial herbs; leaves opposite, entire or toothed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Heads long- stalked, solitary or in loose, open cymes, discoid (in our species) with all the florets perfect and fertile, or radiate, the ray-flowers pistillate and the disc-florets perfect
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
Involucre short, bell-shaped; phyllaries in 1 or 2 series; receptacle convex, conical or subcolumnar, bearing folded scales
Ray
Ray-florets, when present, with short inconspicuous ligules
Disc
Disc-florets tubular, with enlarged 4–5-lobed limb; anthers obtuse at the base; style-arms truncate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes compressed, wingless pappus of 1–3 bristle-like awns, or absent.
Distribution
A pantropical genus of about 60 species.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0