Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.

English: Cinderella weed

Mandarin: 金腰箭 (jin yao jian)

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Asterales (223)

        Family: Asteraceae (222)(family description)

          Genus: Synedrella (1)

            Epithet: nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. (1)

Synonyms: Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc., Verbesina dichotoma Sieber, Verbesina nodiflora L., Wedelia cryptocephala Peter

dichotoma => divided in two, forked

nodiflora => flowers at the nodes

nodiflorum => flowers from nodes

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

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• [1040] Synedrella nodiflora - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.