Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson.

botoncillo, clavel de pozo, monte negro, eclipta, false daisy, yerba de tago

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Blainvillea

Species
acmella

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Eclipta prostrata Lour

Origin: Native

References

  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Blainvillea acmella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18555. Accessed 10 May 2026.