Eclipta pusilla
| Eclipta pusilla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eclipta |
| Species: | E. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Eclipta pusilla (Poir.) DC. 1836 not M.E. Jones 1933[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Verbesina pusilla Poir. | |
Eclipta pusilla is a Caribbean species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the island of Puerto Rico in the West Indies, part of the United States.[3]
History of discovery
[edit]Eclipta pusilla was first described in 1808 by the French botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret under the name Verbesina pusilla. This description appeared in volume 8 of Lamarck's Encyclopédie Méthodique: Botanique, where Poiret provided a Latin diagnosis and a French commentary. In 1836, the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle reclassified the species into the genus Eclipta, resulting in the currently accepted name Eclipta pusilla.[4][5]
In 1933, American botanist Marcus E. Jones described another plant under the same name, Eclipta pusilla, based on specimens he collected in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 1930.[6][7] However, this name is considered illegitimate due to its prior use by Poiret. The specimen collected by Jones is preserved as a holotype at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos search for Eclipta pusilla
- ^ Tropicos, Eclipta pusilla (Poir.) DC.
- ^ Poiret, Jean Louis Marie 1808. in Lamarck, J. B. P., Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 8: 459 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French, as Verbesina pusilla
- ^ "Verbesina pusilla Poir. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ CABI (2021-11-16). "Eclipta prostrata (eclipta)". CABI Compendium. CABI Compendium: 20395. doi:10.1079/cabicompendium.20395.
- ^ a b "Holotype of Eclipta pusilla M.E. Jones [family ASTERACEAE]".
- ^ a b "Filed as Eclipta pusilla Jones, M.E. 1933 [family ASTERACEAE]".
External links
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Data related to Eclipta pusilla at Wikispecies