Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ceratocephalus americanus (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Ceratocehpalus diffusus (Poepp.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Ceratocephalus repens (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Ceratocephalus subhirsutus (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Spilanthes beccabunga DC. var. parvula B. L. Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 27: 176 (1892). Type: ‗Wet soil, Flora
de Maria, State of Mexico, August, 1890 ([Pringle] n. 3643).‘ Holotype: ?GH.
Spilanthes disciformis B. L. Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 27: 176 (1893). Type: ‗Wet meadows, near
Guadalajara, May 1890 ([C. G. Pringle] n. 3489).‘ Holotype: GH (12613); isotype: F (106768).
Spilanthes americana (L.f.) Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29(1): 42 (1900*).[*Note: See Reference section concerning
problem with date of publication]
Spilanthes disciformis B. L. Rob. var. phaneractis Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 39: 108 (1903). Type:
‗MEXICO. State of Michoacan: swamps, Zamora, altitude 1540 m., 1901, and 24 July, 1902, C. G. Pringle nos.
9539, 8637‘. Syntypes: GH (Pringle 9539 – 12614; Pringle 8637 – 12615). Isosyntype: Pringle 8637, K.
Spilanthes ciliata Kunth var. diffusa (Poepp.) A.H. Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42(No. 20): 539 (1907).
Spilanthes americana (L.f.) Hieron. var. repens (Walter) A. H. Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42(No. 20): 547
(1907).
Spilanthes cocuyensis Cuatrec., Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 9: 247 (1954). Type: ‗Colombia, Dept. Boyacá:
Valle del Cocuy, vertientes del lado SE, 3100–3750 m. alt., 8-IX-1938 colect. J. Cuatrecasas 1254‘. Holotype: F
(1313860).
Robinson (2006) cited a wide distribution, viz. ‗S.E. USA, Mexico, Central America, S. America south to
Bolivia and Paraguay.‘, clearly much broader than the North American and Mexican distribution indicated
by Jansen (1985: 35), in large part accounted for by the species concept – see note below. Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
Moist, usually disturbed habitats along roadsides, streams, and in cultivated areas.
(0–) 1000–2800 m.
Flowering throughout the year.
Note: With Acmella oppositifolia (Lam.) R. K. Jansen having been shown to apply to Heliopsis
buphthalmoides (Jacq.) Dunal I have followed Robinson (2006) in a broad concept, without recognising
subspecies.
Acmella spilanthoides Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 24: 329 (1822), nom. nud. = Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Acmella tenella (Kunth) Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 24: 331 (1822) = Acmella radicans (Jacq.) R. K. Jansen var. debilis
(Kunth) R. K. Jansen
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 24: 331 (1822).
Spilanthes uliginosa Sw., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Prodr. : 110 (1788). Type: ‗Sloane. h. 1. 257/ Jamaica. 0.‘ Holotype:
(according to Jansen, 1985: 55) Swartz, s.n. – BM; ?isotype: S.
Jaegeria uliginosa (Sw.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 3: 590 (1826).
Spilanthes lundii DC., Prodr. 5: 622 (1836). Type: [Brazil:] ‗K? ad rivulos circa Rio-Janeiro legit cl. Lund. [250] ...
(v.s.)‘. Holotype: G-DC.
Spilanthes salzmannii DC., Prodr. 5: 623 (1836). Type: [Brazil:] ‗? in pludosis circa Bahiam Brasiliae legit cl.
Salzmann. [45] ... (v.s.)‘. Holotype: G-DC; isotype: K.
Spilanthes acmella L. var. uliginosa (Sw.) Baker in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(3): 233 (1884).
Ceratocephalus acmella (L.) Kuntze var. uliginosa (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891).
Ceratocephalus acmella (L.) Kuntze var. depauperata Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 326 (1891). Type: ‗Trinidad.‘
Note: According to Wetter & Zanoni (1985) specimen not yet found in NY.
Spilanthes iabadicensis A. H. Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42(No. 20): 542 (1907). Type: ‗Java: J. E. Teijsmann,
―ex horto bogoriensi Javae misit, 1869.‖ ‘ Holotype: GH (12651).
Spilanthes charitopis A. H. Moore, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45(4): 427 (1911). Type: ‗Brasilien: (W. G. WALPERS. – Herb.
Berlin).‘ Holotype: Bú.
Coreopsis acmella (L.) E. H. L. Krause var. uliginosa (Sw.) K.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centrabl. 32: 340 (1914).
Spilanthes uliginosa Sw. var. discoidea Aristeg., Fl. Venez. 10: 616 (1964). Type: ‗San Juan de Los Morros, Edo.
Guárico, Venezuela (H. Pittier 10152, enero 1922).‘ Holotype: ?VEN; isotype: NY (00260009).
Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Brazil, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, West India (Antigua, Dominican
Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, St Kitts, St. Lucia, St.
Vincent, Tobago), Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Liberia, Tanzania), Indonesia and Malaysia.
Moist, usually disturbed habitats along roadsides, streams, and in cultivated areas.
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