Characteristics
Dicots
Spermacoce verticillata L.
SHRUBBY FALSE BUTTONWEED
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Spermacoce neoterminalis has been recognized as a Florida endemic, primarily of pine rocklands, distinguished by its longer corolla tube (1.25-2.5 mm long) and inflorescence usually restricted to the terminal node (Herndon 1987, as Borreria terminals; Kartesz & Gandhi 1992, as S. terminalis, nom. illeg.; Wunderlin et al. 2018). It has been treated also a synonym of the non-native S. verticillata (Wunderlin 1979). This group belongs in the genus Borreria s.str. (Salas et al. 2015; Florentin et al. 2017).
Not Native
FISC(II)
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Classification
Citation
SPERMACOCE VERTICILLATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 102. 1753.
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JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 125.2). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 3: 468. 1989.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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