# Spilanthes

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***Spilanthes*** is a genus of [African](/source/Africa) and [South American](/source/South_America) plants in the tribe [Heliantheae](/source/Heliantheae) within the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae).[3][2][4]

## Species

The species within *Spilanthes* include:[5][6]

- *[Spilanthes anactina](/source/Spilanthes_anactina)* F.Muell.
- *[Spilanthes callimorpha](/source/Spilanthes_callimorpha)* A.H.Moore
- *[Spilanthes commutata](/source/Spilanthes_commutata)* K.Koch
- *[Spilanthes costata](/source/Spilanthes_costata)* Benth.
- *[Spilanthes intermedia](/source/Spilanthes_intermedia)* (Rich.) DC.
- *[Spilanthes montana](/source/Spilanthes_montana)* Britton & S.F.Blake
- *[Spilanthes ocymifolia](/source/Spilanthes_ocymifolia)* (Lam.) A.H.Moore
- *[Spilanthes ovata](/source/Spilanthes_ovata)* Merr.
- *[Spilanthes paraguayensis](/source/Spilanthes_paraguayensis)* R.K.Jansen
- *[Spilanthes pauciceps](/source/Spilanthes_pauciceps)* (Griseb.) S.F.Blake
- *[Spilanthes sartorii](/source/Spilanthes_sartorii)* Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
- *[Spilanthes sessilis](/source/Spilanthes_sessilis)* Poepp. & Endl.
- *[Spilanthes urens](/source/Spilanthes_urens)* Jacq.

## Formerly included

Numerous species once included in *Spilanthes* are now considered members of other genera. The best known of these is the toothache plant, which was formerly *Spilanthes acmella* but is now considered part of its own genus and is referred to as *[Acmella oleracea](/source/Acmella_oleracea)*.[7] Other taxa formerly included in *Spilanthes* include:[5]

- *[Adenostemma](/source/Adenostemma)*
- *[Eclipta](/source/Eclipta_(plant))*
- *[Heliopsis](/source/Heliopsis)*
- *[Isocarpha](/source/Isocarpha)*
- *[Jaegeria](/source/Jaegeria)*
- *[Melampodium](/source/Melampodium)*
- *[Salmea](/source/Salmea)*
- *[Verbesina](/source/Verbesina)*
- *[Wollastonia](/source/Wollastonia_(plant))*
- *[Zinnia](/source/Zinnia)*

## References

1. lectotype designated by Moore, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 552. 1907

1. [Tropicos, *Spilanthes* Jacq.](http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003597)

1. [Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis 8, 28](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622925#page/11/mode/1up) in Latin

1. Jansen, R. K. 1981. Systematics of *Spilanthes* (Compositae: Heliantheae). Systematic Botany 6(3): 231–257.

1. [Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist](http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=43041d66-de65-494c-af15-45d99aa521b5)

1. [The Plant List search for *Spilanthes*](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Spilanthes)

1. Tiwari, KL; SK Jadhav; V. Joshi (November 2011). ["An updated review on medicinal herb genus Spilanthes"](http://www.jcimjournal.com/en/showAbstrPage.aspx?articleID=jcim20111103). *Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine*. **9** (11): 1170–1178. 11. [doi:10.3736/jcim20111103](https://doi.org/10.3736/jcim20111103). [PMID 22088581](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22088581). Retrieved 29 December 2013.

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