9166.000 Eclipta L.

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Annual herbs. Leaves opposite. Capitula axillary or terminal, solitary or in pairs, heterogamous, radiate; ray florets female or sterile; disk florets bisexual and fertile.

Worldwide: 4 species in warm regions

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Eclipta prostrata

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
prostrata (L.) L.N,C,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Eclipta:

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Flora of Botswana: Eclipta
Flora of Caprivi: Eclipta
Flora of Mozambique: Eclipta
Flora of Zambia: Eclipta
Flora of Zimbabwe: Eclipta

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Eclipta
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Eclipta
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Eclipta
Wikipedia: Eclipta
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eclipta
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Eclipta

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Eclipta.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1517, retrieved 22 March 2023

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