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Spermacoce stricta

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Name

Identification
Spermacoce stricta Linn.f. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Hooker, J.D., Spermacoce ramanii Sivar. & R.V.Nair [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Bigelovia lasiocarpa Wight & Arn. [family RUBIACEAE ] Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq. [family RUBIACEAE ] Borreria lasiocarpa Walp. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bigelovia lasiocarpa
  • Hedyotis unrecorded
  • Spermacoce stricta
  • Borreria lasiocarpa
  • Bigelovia myriantha
  • Spermacoce pauciflora
  • Spermacoce radiata
  • Hedyotis verticillata
  • Spermacoce andongensis
  • Spermacoce lasiocarpa
  • Spermacoce verticillata
  • Bigelovia laevicaulis
  • Spermacoce ramanii
  • Spermacoce pusilla

Flora

Entry for SPERMACOCE stricta Linn. f. ? [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 33, (1877) Author: (By Mr. W. P. Hiern.)
Names
SPERMACOCE stricta Linn. f. ? [family RUBIACEAE], Suppl. Sp. Pl. p. 120 (1781), non Linn. Hb.
Information
A glabrous annual, simple or somewhat branched ranging up to 18 in. high. Stem and branches slender, subterete below, marked with veined lines above. Leaves linear, narrowed at both ends, slightly scabrid, 1–1 1/2 in. long, sessile. Flowers small, numerous, verticillate, in small terminal and axillary heads of 1/6– 1/3 in. diam., based by 1–3 pairs of spreading or at length reflexed leaves; bracteoles slender, falling short of the calyx-teeth. Calyx-teeth 4, subequal, subulate, puberulous, shorter than the fruit. Corolla-tube very short. Capsule puberulous at the apex or rarely glabrous, small, dehiscing widely.
Range
A common tropical weed, at least in the Old World.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Near ‘Expedition Island.’ Kirk! (S. natalensis, Hochst.; a variety with glabrous more obtuse calyx-teeth, perhaps a distinct species.)Nile Land Ukidi Forest, on low sandy ground, 2–3° N. lat. Speke and Grant!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius! Purdie!

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