Characteristics
Dicots
Spermacoce latifolia Aubl.
OVAL-LEAF FALSE BUTTONWEED
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This species is widespread in the tropics and is commonly but errantly synonymized with S. alata, which is a different species (Wiersema et al. 2017). Spermacoce latifolia will likely require a different genus, partly characterized by bifid stigmas, as it falls well outside of both Spermacoce s.str. and Borreria s.str. (Salas et al. 2015; Florentin et al. 2017).
Not Native
Classification
Citation
SPERMACOCE LATIFOLIA Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 55, t. 19(1). 1775.
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FRENCH GUIANA: Without data, Aublet s.n. (lectotype: MA). Lectotypified by Delprete, Taxon 64: 617. 2015.
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