Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bad man	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
bem-me-quer	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
camará	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
doripepe	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
kaisinpata	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
kaismitin	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
kaisnipata	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
kan kun	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
kan kun bop	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
kanna	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
kasmitin	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
mal-me-quer	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
margarida-do-telhado	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
upla saura	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
flower		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
fruit, leaf, stem		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
flower, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 99 (1893).
Acmella brasiliensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 592 (1826).
Acmella spilanthoides Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 329 (1822).
Buphthalmum heterophyllum Willd. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 484 (1836).
Buphthalmum procumbens Desf. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 127 (1821).
Buphthalmum repens Lam. Encycl. 1: 515 (1785).
Buphthalmum strigosum Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 140 (1821).
Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 14 (1991).
Polymnia crenata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 482 (1816).
Seruneum paludosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 365 (1891).
Seruneum trilobatum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 365 (1891).
Silphium trilobatum L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1233 (1759).
Sphagneticola ulei O.Hoffm. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 36 (1900).
Stemmodontia carnosa O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 244 (1903).
Stemmodontia trilobata (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1262, 1340 (1903).
Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. Phytologia 72: 142 (1992).
Verbesina carnosa (Pers.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 274 (1890).
Verbesina carnosa var. triloba (Rich. ex Pers.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 274 (1890).
Verbesina tridentata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 577 (1826).
Wedelia brasiliensis (Spreng.) S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 250 (1930).
Wedelia carnosa Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 490 (1807).
Wedelia carnosa triloba Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 490 (1807).
Wedelia crenata Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 490 (1807).
Wedelia paludicola Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 50 (1843).
Wedelia paludosa DC. Prodr. 5: 538 (1836).
Wedelia paludosa var. latifolia DC. Prodr. 5: 538 (1836).
Wedelia paludosa var. vialis DC. Prodr. 5: 538 (1836).
Wedelia pedunculata Mart. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 3: 428 (1834).
Wedelia tannensis Endl. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 168 (1836).
Wedelia trilobata var. hirtella O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. 7: 558 (1913).
Wedelia trilobata var. pilosissima S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 21: 332 (1931).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitch	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitche.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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