Spermacoce ovalifolia

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).[1][2][3][4]

broadleaf false buttonweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Spermacoceae
Genus:
Spermacoce
Species:
S. ovalifolia
Binomial name
Spermacoce ovalifolia
(M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Borreria ovalifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Spermacoce pringlei S.Watson
  • Spermacoce ernestii Fosberg & D.Powell

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.[4]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce ovalifolia
  2. 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
  3. Martens, Martin & Galeotti, Henri Guillaume. 1844. Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 11(1): 129–130, Borreria ovalifolia
  4. Watson, Sereno. 1890. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 152–153, Spermacoce pringlei
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