Synedrella

Gaertner

Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456, plate 171, fig. 7. 1791.

Etymology: Etymology not clear perhaps alluding to clustering of heads
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 127. Mentioned on page 65, 67.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA21 P20 Synedrella nodiflora.jpegSynedrella nodiflora
Jefea brevifolia
Eclipta prostrata
Bee F. Gunn
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Marjorie C. Leggitt

Annuals, 10–80+ cm. Stems erect or ascending, branched from bases or ± throughout. Leaves cauline; opposite; petiolate; blades (usually 3-nerved) ovate to elliptic, bases cuneate to rounded, margins toothed, faces ± scabrous. Heads radiate, (sessile or subsessile) in axillary glomerules or borne singly. Involucres cylindric to campanulate, 3–6 mm diam. Phyllaries persistent, 2–5+ in 1 (–2) series (lanceolate, herbaceous to chartaceous). Receptacles convex, paleate (paleae lance-linear, scarious, flat or weakly cupped at bases). Ray-florets 2–9+ (in 1–2 series), pistillate, fertile; corollas yellowish. Disc-florets 4–12+, bisexual, fertile; corollas yellowish, tubes about equaling slightly ampliate, cylindric throats, lobes 4, rounded-deltate. Cypselae dimorphic, strongly obcompressed or flattened, narrowly oval and winged (ray, wings laciniate) or linear-cuneate and not winged (disc); pappi persistent, of 2 triangular scales (ray) or 2–3 subulate scales or awns (disc). x = 20?

Distribution

Introduced; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, also in Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Synedrella"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Gaertner +
bristlelike +
2 +  and 3 +
subulate +
cuneate +  and rounded +
compound +  and simple +
ovate;elliptic +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
not winged +  and winged +
hairy +  and glabrous +
linear-cuneate +, oval +, flattened +  and obcompressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +, also in Asia +, Africa +, Pacific Islands +  and Australia +
Etymology not clear +  and perhaps alluding to clustering of heads +
stipitate-glandular +, hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cylindric;campanulate +
rounded-deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
unequal +  and subequal +
Fruct. Sem. Pl. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
subulate +  and triangular +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Synedrella +
Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae +
cylindric +
cylindric +
ampliate +
shorter to longer than campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (400 cm4,000 mm <br />4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +