Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eclipta prostrata
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 BHL [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]
  • Comment: 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