Spermacoce remota

Spermacoce remota, the woodland false buttonweed,[2] is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae.[3] It is native to the southeastern United States (Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama), West Indies (Bermuda, Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, etc.), Mexico, Central America and South America. It is naturalized in Taiwan, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), China (Guangdong), India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Mauritius and many other oceanic islands (including Hawaii and the Galápagos).[1]

Woodland false buttonweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Rubioideae
Tribe:
Spermacoceae
Genus:
Spermacoce
Species:
S. remota
Binomial name
Spermacoce remota
Lam.
Synonyms[1]
  • Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral
  • Spermacoce parviflora Salisb.
  • Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav.
  • Spermacoce suffrutescens Jacq.
  • Spermacoce vaginata Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
  • Spermacoce echioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth
  • Spermacoce lanceolata Link
  • Bigelovia vaginata (Willd.) Spreng.
  • Borreria wydleriana DC.
  • Spermacoce hebecarpa DC.
  • Spermacoce tetragona DC.
  • Spermacoce chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Spermacoce dichotoma Willd. ex Steud.
  • Spermacoce sexangularis Sieber ex Steud.
  • Tessiera pubescens Miq.
  • Tessiera miquelonana Lévèq.
  • Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb.
  • Spermacoce wydleriana (DC.) Kuntze
  • Borreria malacophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii Verdc.
  • Spermacoce hondurensis Govaerts

Spermacoce remota is a perennial herb or sub-shrub up to 70 cm tall. Stems are either round or square in cross-section. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers are small, white, in a clump at the top of the stem.[4] This herb is a common ground for oviposition of butterfly eggs, such as those of Anartia fatima.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce remota
  2. "Spermacoce assurgens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de in Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1(1): 273
  4. Flora of China, v 19 p 329, 光叶丰花草 guang ye feng hua cao, Spermacoce remota


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