Borreria capitata var. tenella (Kuntze) Steyerm.

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 823 (1972)
This name is a synonym of Spermacoce orinocensis

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Spermacoce capitata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Spermacoce capitata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2004). Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 8: 1-874. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. [Cited as Borreria capitata var. tenella.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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Sources

  • 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/
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