| Broadleaf 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. ovalifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Spermacoce ovalifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. | |
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Spermacoce ovalifolia, the broadleaf false buttonweed, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, parts of the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad, and the Windward Islands), and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay).
Spermacoce ovalifolia is an annual herb about 30 cm tall. Leaves are ovate, up to 4 cm long. flowers are very small, in dense axillary clusters.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce ovalifolia
- Hemsley, William Botting. 1881. Biologia Centrali-Americani; or, Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America, Botany 2(7): 59, Spermacoce ovalifolia
- Martens, Martin & Galeotti, Henri Guillaume. 1844. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 11(1): 129–130, Borreria ovalifolia
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 152–153, Spermacoce pringlei
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1889, isotype of Spermacoce pringlei, synonym of Spermacoce ovalifolia
- Gardening Europe Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Spermacoce ovalifolia |
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| Borreria ovalifolia | |
- Spermacoce
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Cuba
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of the Windward Islands
- Flora of Venezuela
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Paraguay
- Plants described in 1844
- Taxa named by Henri Guillaume Galeotti
- Taxa named by Martin Martens