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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Spermacoce

Hierarchical position of the Genus Spermacoce

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Gentiananae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Rubiales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 29. 1829.       Subordo  Rubiineae Raf. pub. Ann. G�n. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 6: 83. 1820.       Familia  Rubiaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 196. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Madders       Subfamilia  Spermacocoideae Chevall. pub. Fl. G�n. Env. Paris 2: 605. 5 Jan 1828.    Tribus  Spermacoceae Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC. pub. Prodr. 4: 343, 538. late Sep 1830.    Subtribus  Spermacocinae DC. pub. Prodr. 4: 343, 540. late Sep 1830.    Genus  Spermacoce L. pub. (1753) common name: false buttonweed

Named members of the Genus Spermacoce

1	Species  alata Aubl. common name: winged false buttonweed
2	Species  assurgens Ruiz & Pav�n common name: woodland false buttonweed
3	Species  capitata Ruiz & Pav�n common name: baldhead false buttonweed
4	Species  confusa Rendle common name: river false buttonweed
5	Species  densiflora (DC.) Alain common name: bouquet false buttonweed
6	Species  eryngioides (Cham. & Schlecht.) Kuntze
7	Species  exilis (L.O. Williams) C. Adams common name: Pacific false buttonweed
8	Species  floridana Urban common name: Florida false buttonweed
9	Species  glabra Michx. common name: smooth false buttonweed
10	Species  hirta L. syn. Mitracarpus hirtus
11	Species  keyensis Small syn. Spermacoce floridana
12	Species  latifolia Aubl. common name: oval-leaf false buttonweed
13	Species  mauritiana auct. non Gideon syn. Spermacoce exilis
14	Species  ocymoides auct. non Burm. f. syn. Spermacoce prostrata
15	Species  ovalifolia (Mart. & Gal.) Hemsl. common name: broadleaf false buttonweed
16	Species  prostrata Aubl. common name: prostrate false buttonweed
17	Species  repens auct. non (DC.) Sess� & Moc. syn. Spermacoce prostrata
18	Species  riparia Cham. & Schlecht. syn. Spermacoce tenuior
19	Species  serrulata Beauv. syn. Diodia serrulata
20	Species  sintenisii (Urban) Alain common name: West Indian false buttonweed
21	Species  suffrutescens Jacq. syn. Spermacoce assurgens
22	Species  tenuior L.
	23    Varietas  floridana (Urban) R.W. Long syn. Spermacoce floridana
24	Species  terminalis (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi common name: Everglade Eey false buttonweed
25	Species  tetraquetra A. Rich. common name: pineland false buttonweed
26	Species  verticillata L. common name: shrubby false buttonweed

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.