Spermacoce neoterminalis

Spermacoce neoterminalis, the Everglades Key false buttonweed, is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, from the Everglades as far north as Lake Okeechobee.[1][2][3][4][5]

Everglades Key false buttonweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Spermacoceae
Genus:
Spermacoce
Species:
S. neoterminalis
Binomial name
Spermacoce neoterminalis
Govaerts
Synonyms[1]
  • Borreria terminalis Small
  • Spermacoce terminalis (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi 1992, illegitimate homonym of S. terminalis Vell. 1829

Spermacoce neoterminalis is a perennial herb with a woody root. Stems are up to 40 cm tall, generally not branching above the ground. Leaves are elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules.[4]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce neoterminalis
  2. Biota of North America Program, map, Spermacoce terminalis
  3. Govaerts, Rafaël Herman Anna. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1): 18, Spermacoce neoterminalis
  4. Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 387, Borreria terminalis
  5. Kartesz, John T. & Gandhi, Kancheepuram Natarajan. 1992. Brittonia 44(3): 370, Spermacoce terminalis


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.