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8471.000 Spermacoce
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or small subshrubs. Stems often 4-angled. Leaves opposite or in false whorls. Stipular sheath present, divided into 1-many fimbriae. Flowers bisexual, usually in axillary many flowered clusters (which may run together to form a spike-like inflorescence); less often in terminal capitula. Flowers frequently intermixed with numerous ± scarious, filiform bracteoles. Calyx lobes 2-4(-8). Corolla funnel-shaped or salver-shaped; lobes (3-)4. Stamens 4, anthers usually exserted. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit usually a 2-valved capsule. Worldwide: c. 150 - 250 species, mainly America, but also widespread in the tropics and subtropics Mozambique: 14 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arvensis (Hiern) Good | N | |
| chaetocephala DC. | N,T | Description, Image |
| dibrachiata Oliv. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| kirkii (Hiern) Verdc.[End] | MS,GI | |
| latituba (K. Schum.) Verdc. | N | |
| natalensis Hochst. | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| princeae (K. Schum.) Verdc. var. pubescens (Hepper) Verdc. | N | |
| pusilla Wall. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| radiata (DC.) Hiern | N | |
| schlechteri K. Schum. ex Verdc.[NrEnd?] | N,Z,MS,GI | |
| senensis (Klotzsch) Hiern | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| sphaerostigma (A. Rich.) Vatke | N,Z,T | Description, Image |
| subvulgata (K. Schum.) Garcia var. quadrisepala Verdc. | T,MS | |
| subvulgata (K. Schum.) Garcia var. subvulgata | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Spermacoce:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: SpermacoceFlora of Caprivi: Spermacoce
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Spermacoce
Flora of Malawi: Spermacoce
Flora of Zambia: Spermacoce
Flora of Zimbabwe: Spermacoce
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SpermacoceBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Spermacoce
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Spermacoce
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Spermacoce
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Spermacoce
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spermacoce
JSTOR Plant Science: Spermacoce
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Spermacoce
Plants of the World Online: Spermacoce
Tropicos: Spermacoce
Wikipedia: Spermacoce
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