Spermacoce remota

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Woodland false buttonweed
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Spermacoce
Species:
S. remota
Binomial name
Spermacoce remota
Lam.
Synonyms [2]
  • Borreria remota(Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral
  • Spermacoce parvifloraSalisb.
  • Spermacoce assurgensRuiz & Pav.
  • Spermacoce suffrutescensJacq.
  • Spermacoce vaginataWilld. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
  • Spermacoce echioidesKunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
  • Spermacoce lanceolataLink
  • Bigelovia vaginata(Willd.) Spreng.
  • Borreria wydlerianaDC.
  • Spermacoce hebecarpaDC.
  • Spermacoce tetragonaDC.
  • Spermacoce chapmaniiTorr. & A.Gray
  • Spermacoce dichotomaWilld. ex Steud.
  • Spermacoce sexangularisSieber ex Steud.
  • Tessiera pubescensMiq.
  • Tessiera miquelonanaLévèq.
  • Borreria assurgens(Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb.
  • Spermacoce wydleriana(DC.) Kuntze
  • Borreria malacophyllaStandl. & L.O.Williams
  • Spermacoce tenuior var. commersoniiVerdc.
  • Spermacoce hondurensisGovaerts

Spermacoce remota, the woodland false buttonweed, [3] is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. [4] It is native to the southeastern United States (Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama), West Indies (Bermuda, Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, etc.), Mexico, Central America and South America. It is naturalized in Taiwan, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), China (Guangdong), India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Mauritius and many other oceanic islands (including Hawaii and the Galápagos). [2]

Spermacoce remota is a perennial herb or sub-shrub up to 70 cm tall. Stems are either round or square in cross-section. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers are small, white, in a clump at the top of the stem. [5] This herb is a common ground for oviposition of butterfly eggs, such as those of Anartia fatima .

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References

  1. Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Spermacoce remota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T192157064A192157066. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192157064A192157066.en . Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce remota
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spermacoce assurgens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  4. Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de in Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1(1): 273
  5. Flora of China, v 19 p 329, 光叶丰花草 guang ye feng hua cao, Spermacoce remota