View source for Eclipta ← Eclipta You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Eclipta |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Mant. Pl., |place=157, 286. 1771 |year=1771 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Eclipta |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eclipta]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek ekleipsis, a failing, perhaps alluding to minute or wanting pappus |volume=Volume 21 |mention_page=page 64, 67 |treatment_page=page 128 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or perennials, 10–50(–70+) cm. <b>Stems</b> erect or decumbent, branched from bases and/or distally (sometimes rooting at proximal nodes). <b>Leaves</b> cauline; opposite; petiolate or sessile; blades (1- or 3-nerved) lanceolate to lance-linear, bases cuneate, margins serrate to subentire, faces sparsely scabrellous. <b>Heads</b> radiate, in loose, corymbiform arrays or borne singly. <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric, 3–5 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, 8–12+ in 2–3 series (lanceolate to linear, subequal, thin-herbaceous, spreading in fruit). <b>Receptacles</b> flat to convex, paleate (paleae linear to filiform, not conduplicate, falling with fruits). <b>Ray</b> florets 20–40 (in 2–3+ series), pistillate, fertile; corollas white or whitish. <b>Disc</b> florets 15–30+, bisexual, fertile; corollas white or whitish, tubes much shorter than ampliate, cylindric throats, lobes 4–5, ± deltate. <b>Cypselae</b> obcompressed, weakly 3–4-angled (not winged, epidermes usually corky and rugose to tuberculate); pappi persistent, coroniform (sometimes with 2 teeth). <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mostly warm-temperate to tropical New World;introduced in Old World. |discussion=<p>Species 1–4 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Eclipta |author=John L. Strother |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |illustrator=Marjorie C. Leggitt |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=Mostly warm-temperate to tropical New World;introduced in Old World. |reference=None |publication title=Mant. Pl., |publication year=1771 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_314.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae |subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae |genus=Eclipta }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Eclipta.