| Prostrate false buttonweed | |
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Scientific classification
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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. prostrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spermacoce prostrata Aubl.
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Spermacoce prostrata (prostrate false buttonweed) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. In the United States, it is widespread in Florida, with a few isolated populations in Alabama and Mississippi. [1] [2] The species is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Turks & Caicos, the Lesser Antilles, and the Dutch and Venezuelan Antilles. It is also widespread in South America, found in every country except Chile. The species is reportedly naturalized in Hawaii, China ( Hainan, Hong Kong), Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Java. [3] [4] [5]
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, v 19 p 328, 匍匐丰花草 pu fu feng hua cao, Spermacoce prostrata
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- La Selva Florula Digital, Páginas de Especies: Spermacoce prostrata
- East Tennessee Wildflowers, Buttonweed Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Gardening Europe Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Florida Natives, prostrate falst buttonweed
| Prostrate false buttonweed | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
| Genus: | Spermacoce |
| Species: | S. prostrata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Spermacoce prostrata Aubl.
| |
Spermacoce prostrata (prostrate false buttonweed) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. In the United States, it is widespread in Florida, with a few isolated populations in Alabama and Mississippi. [1] [2] The species is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Turks & Caicos, the Lesser Antilles, and the Dutch and Venezuelan Antilles. It is also widespread in South America, found in every country except Chile. The species is reportedly naturalized in Hawaii, China ( Hainan, Hong Kong), Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Java. [3] [4] [5]
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, v 19 p 328, 匍匐丰花草 pu fu feng hua cao, Spermacoce prostrata
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- La Selva Florula Digital, Páginas de Especies: Spermacoce prostrata
- East Tennessee Wildflowers, Buttonweed Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Gardening Europe Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Florida Natives, prostrate falst buttonweed