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Acapulco wedelia
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Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida
Scientific classification
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Wedelia
Species:
W. acapulcensis
Binomial name
Wedelia acapulcensis
Kunth
Varieties

W. acapulcensis var. acapulcensis
W. acapulcensis var. hispida

Synonyms
  • Anthemis hondensis Willd. ex Steud.
  • Seruneum acapulcense (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Seruneum acapulcensis (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Wedelia adhaerens S.F.Blake
  • Wedelia pinetorum (Standl. & Steyerm.) K.M.Becker
  • Zexmenia epapposa M.E.Jones
  • Zexmenia longipes Benth.
  • Zexmenia pinetorum Standl. & Steyerm.

Wedelia acapulcensis, commonly known as Acapulco wedelia, is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It is native to Texas in the United States, Mexico, and Central America.

Varieties

  • Wedelia acapulcensis var. acapulcensis
  • Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida (Kunth) Strother (=Lipochaeta texana Torr. & A.Gray, W. hispida Kunth, W. texana (A.Gray) B.L.Turner, Zexmenia hispida (Kunth) A.Gray ex Small) – hairy wedelia, orange wedelia, orange zexmenia
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