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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Zexmenia hispida flower 1.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Wedelia acapulcensis]]''
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Wedelia
|authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12794 |title=Genus: ''Wedelia'' Jacq. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-10-05 |accessdate=2011-02-14}}</ref> 1760, conserved name, not Loefl. 1758 ([[Nyctaginaceae]])<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Wedelia&commonname= Tropicos, search for ''Wedelia'']</ref>
|type_species = ''[[Wedelia fructicosa]]''
|type_species_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]]<ref name=j>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025667 Tropicos, ''Wedelia'' Jacq.]</ref>
|synonyms_ref=<ref name=w>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=0d4c3f63-2b11-4683-91fe-5f6bc1cb1fa9 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Anomostephium'' <small>DC.</small>
* ''Trichostephus'' <small>Cass.</small>
* ''Aspilia'' <small>Thouars</small>
* ''Anthemiopsis'' <small>Bojer ex DC.</small>
* ''Seruneum'' <small>Rumph. ex Kuntze</small>
* ''Dipterotheca'' <small>Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.</small>
* ''Dipterotheca'' <small>Sch.Bip.</small>
* ''Wedelia'' sect. Cyathophora <small>DC.</small>
* ''Thelechitonia'' <small>Cuatrec.</small>
* ''Niebuhria'' <small>Neck. ex Britton</small>
* ''Trichostemma'' <small>Cass.</small>
* ''Niebuhria'' <small>Neck. ex Britten</small>
* ''Wirtgenia'' <small>Sch.Bip.</small>
* ''Trichostephium'' <small>Cass.</small>
* ''Stemmodontia'' <small>Cass.</small>
* ''Coronocarpus'' <small>Schumach. & Thonn.</small>
* ''Menotriche'' <small>Steetz</small>
* ''Niebuhria'' <small>Neck.</small>
* ''Gymnolomia'' <small>Kunth</small>
* ''Harpephora'' <small>Endl.</small>
}}
'''''Wedelia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/622925#page/11/mode/1up Jacquin, Nicolaus Joseph von. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarumquas in insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit nouas, aut iam cognitas emandauit 8, 28] in Latin</ref><ref name=j/> They are one of the genera commonly called "creeping-oxeyes".<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=38662 |taxon=''Wedelia'' |accessdate=2011-02-14}}</ref>
The genus is named in honor of German botanist and physician [[Georg Wolfgang Wedel]], 1645–1721.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134801 Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 125, ''Wedelia'' Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 8, 28. 1760. ]</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology |volume=IV R-Z |year=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis US |isbn=978-0-8493-2678-3 |page=2823}}</ref>
[[File:Sphagneticola trilobata (Singapore daisy or wedelia).jpg|thumb|Wedelia in [[Noida]], near [[New Delhi]]]]
==Taxonomy==
There are difficulties regarding the classification of this genus for its affinities are uncertain. Further studies are needed to clarify its taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120719132526/http://www.amjbot.org/content/86/3/413.full Phylogenetic relationships of subtribe Ecliptinae - American Journal of Botany]</ref><ref>Orchard, Anthony E. 2013. The ''Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia'' generic concept (Asteraceae:Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23:337-466 (as  ''Acunniana procumbens'' (DC.) Orchard),</ref>
Many species were once considered part of ''Wedelia'' but have been now transferred to other genera, including ''[[Angelphytum]], [[Aspilia]], [[Baltimora (plant)|Baltimora]], [[Blainvillea]], [[Chrysogonum]], [[Eclipta (plant)|Eclipta]], [[Elaphandra]], [[Eleutheranthera]], [[Guizotia]], [[Heliopsis]], [[Kingianthus]], [[Lasianthaea]], [[Melampodium]], [[Melanthera]], [[Moonia]], [[Sphagneticola]], [[Synedrella]], [[Tuberculocarpus]], [[Verbesina]], [[Viguiera]], [[Villanova (plant)|Villanova]], [[Wollastonia (plant)|Wollastonia]]'' and ''[[Zexmenia]]''.<ref name=w/>
==Species list==
Species accepted by [[Plants of the World Online]] as of December 2022:<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328481-2 |title=''Wedelia'' Jacq. |date=2022 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
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*''[[Wedelia acapulcensis]]'' {{small|Kunth}}
*''[[Wedelia aggregata]]'' {{small|(Greenm.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia alagoensis]]'' {{small|Baker}}
*''[[Wedelia almedae]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia ambigens]]'' {{small|S.F.Blake}}
*''[[Wedelia andersonii]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia angustifolia]]'' {{small|(Gardner) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia asperrima]]'' {{small|(Gardner) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia attenuata]]'' {{small|(Gardner) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia aurantiaca]]'' {{small|(Griseb.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia avilensis]]'' {{small|(Aristeg. & Steyerm.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia ayerscottiana]]'' {{small| B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia bahamensis]]'' {{small|O.E.Schulz}}
*''[[Wedelia bahiensis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia baorucana]]'' {{small|Alain}}
*''[[Wedelia bishopii]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia bishoplecta]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia bonplandiana]]'' {{small|(Gardner) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia cachimboensis]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia caleoides]]'' {{small|Aristeg.}}
*''[[Wedelia calycina]]'' {{small|Rich.}}
*''[[Wedelia camporum]]'' {{small|(Chodat) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia cardenasii]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia chihuahuana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia cordiformis]]'' {{small|McVaugh}}
*''[[Wedelia cronquistii]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia cylindrocephala]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia diffusiflora]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia ehrenbergii]]'' {{small|Less.}}
*''[[Wedelia elata]]'' {{small|(Pilg.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia elliptica]]'' {{small|(DC.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia elottiana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia episcopalis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia filipes]]'' {{small|Hemsl.}}
*''[[Wedelia floribunda]]'' {{small|(Gardner) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia foliacea]]'' {{small|(Spreng.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia forbesii]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
*''[[Wedelia frioana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia frustrata]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia fruticosa]]'' {{small|Jacq.}}
*''[[Wedelia gardneri]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia gaudichaudii]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia gentryi]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia gonzaleziarum]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia goyazensis]]'' {{small|Gardner}}
*''[[Wedelia grandiflora]]'' {{small|Benth.}}
*''[[Wedelia grayi]]'' {{small|McVaugh}}
*''[[Wedelia greenmanii]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia hassleriana]]'' {{small|(Chodat) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia hatschbachii]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia helianthoides]]'' {{small|Kunth}}
*''[[Wedelia heringeri]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia heringeriana]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia hintoniorum]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia hispidula]]'' {{small|(Baker) J.U.Santos}}
*''[[Wedelia hoffmanniana]]'' {{small|Bruns}}
*''[[Wedelia holwayi]]'' {{small|S.F.Blake}}
*''[[Wedelia homogama]]'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & J.N.Nakaj.}}
*''[[Wedelia hookeriana]]'' {{small|Gardner}}
*''[[Wedelia iners]]'' {{small|(S.F.Blake) Strother}}
*''[[Wedelia isolepis]]'' {{small|S.F.Blake}}
*''[[Wedelia jugata]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia juxtlahuacana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia keilii]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia kerrii]]'' {{small|N.E.Br.}}
*''[[Wedelia kirkbridei]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia laevissima]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia lanceolata]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia leucanthema]]'' {{small|(Chodat) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia leucoglossa]]'' {{small|(Malme) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia ligulifolia]]'' {{small|(Standl. & L.O.Williams) Strother}}
*''[[Wedelia longifolia]]'' {{small|Mart. ex Baker}}
*''[[Wedelia loxensis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia lundii]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia macedoi]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia macrodonta]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia martii]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia mexicana]]'' {{small|(Sch.Bip.) McVaugh}}
*''[[Wedelia modesta]]'' {{small|Baker}}
*''[[Wedelia montevidensis]]'' {{small|(Spreng.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia oligocephala]]'' {{small|Baker}}
*''[[Wedelia ovalifolia]]'' {{small|(DC.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia oxylepis]]'' {{small|S.F.Blake}}
*''[[Wedelia pallida]]'' {{small|Gardner}}
*''[[Wedelia pascalioides]]'' {{small|(Griseb.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia pauciflora]]'' {{small|V.R.Bueno, S.C.Ferreira & J.N.Nakaj.}}
*''[[Wedelia penninervia]]'' {{small|S.F.Blake}}
*''[[Wedelia pertenuis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia phyllostachya]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia pimana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia podophylla]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia procumbens]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia pseudoyedaea]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia puberula]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia purpurea]]'' {{small|(Greenm.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia ramagii]]'' {{small|(Ridl.) J.U.Santos}}
*''[[Wedelia reflexa]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia regis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia reticulata]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia riedelii]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia rosei]]'' {{small|(Greenm.) McVaugh}}
*''[[Wedelia rudis]]'' {{small|(Baker) H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia rugosa]]'' {{small|Greenm.}}
*''[[Wedelia saltensis]]'' {{small|Cabrera}}
*''[[Wedelia serrata]]'' {{small|Rich.}}
*''[[Wedelia serrulata]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia silphioides]]'' {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia simpsoniae]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia simsioides]]'' {{small|McVaugh}}
*''[[Wedelia souzae]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia squarrosa]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia strigosa]]'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}}
*''[[Wedelia stuebelii]]'' {{small|Hieron.}}
*''[[Wedelia subalpestris]]'' {{small|(Baker) J.U.Santos}}
*''[[Wedelia subpetiolata]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia subvelutina]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia symmetrica]]'' {{small|Rusby}}
*''[[Wedelia talpana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia tambilloana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia tehuantepecana]]'' {{small|B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia tenuifolia]]'' {{small|V.R.Bueno & J.N.Nakaj.}}
*''[[Wedelia tomentosa]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia trichostephia]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia urbanii]]'' {{small|O.E.Schulz}}
*''[[Wedelia vauthieri]]'' {{small|DC.}}
*''[[Wedelia veadeirosensis]]'' {{small|H.Rob.}}
*''[[Wedelia vexata]]'' {{small|Strother}}
*''[[Wedelia vieirae]]'' {{small|(H.Rob.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia villosa]]'' {{small|Gardner}}
*''[[Wedelia warmingii]]'' {{small|(Baker) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia xylopoda]]'' {{small|(Greenm.) B.L.Turner}}
*''[[Wedelia zuliana]]'' {{small|S.Jiménez}}
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=WEDEL USDA PLANTS Profile]
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