Herbarium Specimen Details

Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. - Determined By: J. H. Kirkbr., 08-Mar-2016
Determination History
Spermacoce alata Aubl.
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Jumping Gully Conservation Area, Morsani ranch, Spring Hill. 28° 23' 32" N 82° 30' 11" W
Habitat Pastures and yard.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector K. MacMillen
Collection Date 11 Sep 2015
Accession Number 281119
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. - Determined By: J. H. Kirkbr., 08-Mar-2016
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Jumping Gully Conservation Area. 18812 Fishburne Drive. 28° 23' 35" N 82° 30' 9" W
Description Sprawling, forming thick mats, ca. 20 cover; present since 2009 acquisition of conservation easement.
Habitat Intermixed with Richardia; restoration plot in previous flatwoods (Tavares sand); 3 years of spraying to eradicate pasture grasses.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector K. MacMillen
Collection Date 26 Sep 2015
Accession Number 283968
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. - Determined By: J. H. Kirkbr., 08-Mar-2016
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Jumping Gully Conservation Area. 18812 Fishburne Drive. 28° 23' 35" N 82° 30' 8" W
Description Sprawling, forming thick mats, ca. 20 cover; present since 2009 acquisition of conservation easement.
Habitat Intermixed with Richardia; restoration plot in previous flatwoods (Tavares sand); 3 years of spraying to eradicate pasture grasses.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector K. MacMillen
Collection Date 26 Sep 2015
Accession Number 283969
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
Determination History
Borreria latifolia Aubl. K. Schum. - Determined By: Dwyer, 1975
Locality Peru. Loreto Dept. Rio Mamon near Rio Nanay. 3° 38' 42" S 73° 12' 58" W
Description Flowers white.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. B. Croat
Collection Date 01 Sep 1972
Accession Number 120084
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
Locality Trinidad & Tobago. Trinidad Aripo Savannah, E of Port-of-Spain. 10° 39' 37" N 61° 30' 31" W
Habitat Tropical grassland and mixed woodland.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. W. Long
with K.J. Norstog
Collection Date 1-3 Oct 1971
Accession Number 140610
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : Jumping Gully Conservation Area, ca. 1.7 km W of US 41, 5 km S of the Hernando County line. 28° 23' 12" N 82° 30' 33" W
Description Erect herb; some leaf margins, stem wings, stem and petiole trichomes red.
Habitat Under Quercus virginiana tree, in previous pasture being restored to sandhill.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector A. R. Franck 4041
with K. Macmillen, D. Robinson
Collection Date 03 Jun 2016
Accession Number 287427
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : NW corner of the Sheldon Road and Fawn Ridge Boulevard intersection. 28° 3' 44" N 82° 34' 58" W
Habitat Fringes of depressed, artificially created wetland (mitigation site) under powerlines, surrounded by mown lawn; with Momordica charantia, Andropogon glomeratus, Echinochloa walteri, Digitaria ciliaris, Oldenlandia corymbosa, Bidens alba, Amaranthus blitum, Ludwigia erecta, and Laportea aestuans.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. Mears
with G. Wilder, K. Holland
Collection Date 16 Nov 2016
Accession Number 288569
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Spermacoce latifolia
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
Locality Myanmar. 0.5 mi. E of Paungdaw Power Station. 20° 39' 18" N 96° 16' 35" E
Description Occurs in clumps; flowers pale violet-blue, only a few at a time and readily deciduous; seen over wide area.
Habitat By river bank; on grassy bankings.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 800 to ft
Collector J. Keenan
with U Tun Aung, R. H. Rule
Collection Date Aug 1961
Accession Number 113963
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