Rubiaceae
Spermacoce

Spermacoce natalensis Hochst.

First published in Flora 27: 555 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Sierra Leone

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Gabon, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 236 (1877), in obs. sub sp. 7.
  • Hochst. in Flora 27: 555 (1844).
  • Sond. in Fl. Cap. 3: 24 (1865).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9725] Cameroon K000338736 Yes
Oct 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2313] Cameroon K000338735 Yes
Krauss [328] South Africa K000422862 Unknown Type Material Yes
unknown [328] South Africa K000422860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.M. [18] South Africa K000422859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000422858 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [555] South Africa K000422861 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0