Eclipta (plant)

Eclipta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[4][5]

Species^[3][6]

• Eclipta alatocarpa - Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia
• Eclipta angustata - apparently native to Nepal and Bengal; widely naturalized in China, Ryukyu Islands, Southeast Asia, northern India
• Eclipta elliptica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Eclipta leiocarpa - Colombia
• Eclipta megapotamica - southern Brazil, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
• Eclipta paludicola - southern Brazil
• Eclipta platyglossa - Australia
• Eclipta prostrata - Japan, China, Nepal, Australia, North and South America; naturalized in Europe, Africa, Pacific Islands (inc. Artemisia viridis Blanco = contra Artemisia viridis Willd. ex DC.).
• Eclipta pusilla - Puerto Rico

Eclipta
Eclipta prostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ecliptinae
Genus:	Eclipta L.
Type species
Eclipta erecta L. (syn of E. prostrata)[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Eclypta E.Mey. Eupatoriophalacron Adans Clipteria Raf. Abasoloa La Llave & Lex. Ecliptica Rumph. ex Kuntze Abasoloa La Llave Paleista Raf. Micrelium Forssk.