{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Zexmenia hispida flower 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida'' |genus = Wedelia |species = acapulcensis |authority = Kunth<ref name="GRIN">{{GRIN | accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Varieties |subdivision = ''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''acapulcensis''<br> ''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida''<ref name="GRIN"/> |synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; | *''Anthemis hondensis'' <small>Willd. ex Steud.</small> *''Seruneum acapulcense'' <small>(Kunth) Kuntze</small> *''Seruneum acapulcensis'' <small>(Kunth) Kuntze</small> *''Wedelia adhaerens'' <small>S.F.Blake</small> *''Wedelia pinetorum'' <small>(Standl. & Steyerm.) K.M.Becker</small> *''Zexmenia epapposa'' <small>M.E.Jones</small> *''Zexmenia longipes'' <small>Benth.</small> *''Zexmenia pinetorum'' <small>Standl. & Steyerm.</small> }} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{citation |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-11986 |title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species |accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref> |}}

'''''Wedelia acapulcensis''''', commonly known as '''Acapulco wedelia''',<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=507240 |taxon=''Wedelia acapulcensis'' |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Texas in the United States, Mexico, and Central America.<ref name="GRIN"/>

==Varieties== *''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''acapulcensis'' *''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida'' <small>(Kunth) Strother</small> (=''Lipochaeta texana'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small>,<ref name="GRINHispida">{{GRIN | ''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida'' | 429408 | accessdate = 2011-02-15}}</ref> ''W. hispida'' <small>Kunth</small>, ''W. texana'' <small>(A.Gray) B.L.Turner</small>, ''Zexmenia hispida'' <small>(Kunth) A.Gray ex Small</small>) &ndash; hairy wedelia,<ref name="ITISHispida">{{ITIS |id=780980 |taxon=''Wedelia acapulcensis'' var. ''hispida'' |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref> orange wedelia, orange zexmenia<ref name="A&M">{{cite web |url=http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/wedeliahispida.htm |title=Zexmenia, Orange Wedelia, Orange Zexmenia ''Wedelia hispida'' (''W. acapulcensis var. hispida'', ''Zexmenia hispida'') |work=Benny Simpson's Texas Native Shrubs |publisher=Texas A&M University |accessdate=2011-02-15}}</ref>

thumb|Orange wedelia

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Wedelia acapulcensis|''Wedelia acapulcensis''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Wedelia acapulcensis|''Wedelia acapulcensis''}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q7979140}}

acapulcensis Category:Plants described in 1818 Category:Flora of Central America Category:Flora of Mexico Category:Flora of Texas

{{Heliantheae-stub}}