Wedelia

Wedelia
Wedelia acapulcensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Wedelia
Jacq. 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 (Nyctaginaceae)
Type species
Wedelia fructicosa
Synonyms
  • 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. They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".

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

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