Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Eclipta prostrata ( L.) L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (October 1771) , Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2] :
286
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
536
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
Domin, K. (1930) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1233
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
264
[secondary reference]
Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977) , Weeds of Queensland :
382
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
77
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
165
[secondary reference]
Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
556, Fig. 78A
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
common name:
White Eclipta
[n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
10
[secondary reference]
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Eclipta. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
272
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs :
57
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000) , Asteraceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia :
183, Fig. 36
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003) , Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines :
Code 3345
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
81
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
common name:
White Eclipta
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Verbesina alba L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cotula alba ( L.) L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta erecta L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba var. erecta ( L.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Gove (J.L.Egan 2784) NT Herbarium
[n/a]
APC Dist.:
ChI (naturalised), WA (naturalised), NT, Qld, NSW
Orchard, A.E. & Cross, E.W. (8 February 2013) , A revision of the Australian species of Eclipta (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with discussion of extra-Australian taxa. Nuytsia 23 :
55-57, Figs 2D (map), 4
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Verbesina alba L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta erecta L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba var. erecta ( L.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Perth (S.Lloyd s.n. 3/4/1998) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Gove (J.L.Egan 2784) NT Herbarium
[n/a]
common name:
White Eclipta
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin prostratus, (prostrate) referring to its annual, weak, sprawling stems arising from a perennial, woody rootstock."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24 :
55
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Perth (S.Lloyd s.n. 3/4/1998) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014) , Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora :
18
[secondary reference]
Orchard, A.E. & Cross, E.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Eclipta. Flora of Australia 37 :
517-518, Fig. 72Q-V, map
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Verbesina alba L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta erecta L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba var. erecta ( L.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta 'Gove entity'
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Perth (S.Lloyd s.n. 3/4/1998) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Gove (J.L.Egan 2784) NT Herbarium
[n/a]
common name:
White Eclipta
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Verbesina prostrata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Verbesina alba L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cotula alba ( L.) L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta erecta L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba ( L.) Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta alba var. erecta ( L.) Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Perth (S.Lloyd s.n. 3/4/1998) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta 'Gove entity'
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Eclipta sp. Gove (J.L.Egan 2784) NT Herbarium
[n/a]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW