Aspilia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ecliptinae
Genus: Aspilia
Species: A. africana – A. albuquerquei – A. almasensis – A. andrade-limae – A. angolensis – A. angustifolia – A. belo-horizontinae – A. bipartita – A. bojeri – A. bussei – A. caudata – A. cavalcantei – A. cearensis – A. ciliata – A. clausseniana – A. cordifolia – A. diamantinae – A. diniz-cruzeanae – A. discolor – A. duarteana – A. eckendorfii – A. eenii – A. eggleri – A. erosa – A. espinhaensis – A. foliosa – A. gilletti – A. glaziovii – A. goiazensis – A. grazielae – A. hatschbachii – A. helianthoides – A. ioletae – A. itabalanensis – A. joliana – A. kotschyi – A. kunthiana – A. latissima – A. linearis – A. macrorrhiza – A. malaisseni – A. matogrossensis – A. mendoncae – A. minima – A. mossambicensis – A. natalensis – A. paludosa – A. paraensis – A. pereirae – A. platyphylla – A. pluriseta – A. pohlii – A. prostata – A. rudis – A. rugulosa – A. samariensis – A. subscandens – A. thouarsii – A. trichodesmoides
⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:
Name

Aspilia Thouars, Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12. 1806.
Type species: Aspilia thouarsii DC.

References

Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit (1806) Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 12.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Aspilia. Published online. Accessed: January 31 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Aspilia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Tropicos.org 2018. Aspilia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31.
Hassler, M. 2018. Aspilia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 31. Reference page.

Aspilia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[1][2][3] Some authors have merged this genus with Wedelia, but others maintain that more study is required.[4] Aspilia is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Latin America.[5]
Medicinal uses

Historically, Aspilia africana was used in Mbaise and most Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria to prevent conception, suggesting potential contraceptive and anti-fertility properties.[6] Leaf extract and fractions of A. africana effectively arrested bleeding from fresh wounds, inhibited microbial growth of known wound contaminants and accelerated wound healing process.[7] Aspilia is thought to be used as herbal medicine by some chimpanzees.[8][9][10]
Species

List of Aspilia species:[5]

Aspilia africana
Aspilia albuquerquei
Aspilia andrade-limae
Aspilia angolensis
Aspilia angustifolia
Aspilia aristata
Aspilia attenuata
Aspilia aurantiaca
Aspilia baumii
Aspilia belo-horizontinae
Aspilia bipartita
Aspilia bojeri
Aspilia buphthalmiflora
Aspilia bussei
Aspilia cachimboensis
Aspilia camporum
Aspilia cardenasii
Aspilia caudata
Aspilia chevalieri
Aspilia clausseniana
Aspilia cordifolia
Aspilia cylindrocephala
Aspilia diamantinae
Aspilia diffusiflora
Aspilia diniz-cruziana
Aspilia discolor
Aspilia duarteana
Aspilia eckendorffii
Aspilia eenii
Aspilia eglerii
Aspilia elata
Aspilia elegans
Aspilia erosa
Aspilia espinhacensis
Aspilia fischeri
Aspilia floribunda
Aspilia foliacea
Aspilia foliosa
Aspilia fruticosa
Aspilia glaziovii
Aspilia grazielae
Aspilia hassleriana
Aspilia hatschbachii
Aspilia helianthoides
Aspilia heringeriana
Aspilia ioletae
Aspilia jelskii
Aspilia jolyana
Aspilia jugata
Aspilia kotschyi
Aspilia kunthiana
Aspilia laevissima
Aspilia latifolia
Aspilia latissima
Aspilia leucanthema
Aspilia leucoglossa
Aspilia linearis
Aspilia macrorrhiza
Aspilia malaissei
Aspilia matogrossensis
Aspilia mendoncae
Aspilia mildbraedii
Aspilia minima
Aspilia montevidensis
Aspilia mossambicensis
Aspilia natalensis
Aspilia noneaefolia
Aspilia ovalifolia
Aspilia paludosa
Aspilia pascalioides
Aspilia phyllostachya
Aspilia platyphylla
Aspilia pluriseta
Aspilia podophylla
Aspilia pohlii
Aspilia procumbens
Aspilia prostrata
Aspilia pseudoyedaea
Aspilia reflexa
Aspilia reticulata
Aspilia riedelii
Aspilia rudis
Aspilia rugulosa
Aspilia sahariensis
Aspilia serrulata
Aspilia silphioides
Aspilia squarrosa
Aspilia stenophylla
Aspilia subpandurata
Aspilia subpetiolata
Aspilia subscandens
Aspilia trichodesmoides
Aspilia triplinervia
Aspilia warmingii

References

Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12
Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
Tropicos, Aspilia Thouars
Tadessa, Mesfin. 1999. New combinations, varieties, and synonyms in African Compositae. Compositae Newsletter 33:23-32.
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed
Oluyemi Kayode A.; Okwuonu Uche C.; Baxter D. Grillo & Oyesola Tolulope, O.,"Toxic Effects of Methanolic Extract of Aspilia africana Leaf on the Estrous Cycle and Uterine Tissues of Wistar Rats" Int. J. Morphol., 25(3):609-614, 2007.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 7 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/24
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
Raffaele Paul "Among the Great Apes",Harper, 2010 p98
Herbs 2000[permanent dead link]