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Spermacoce
''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Australia and Asia. It can be used for the treatment of eczema by rubbing the leaves on the affected part. Description The species are herbs or small shrubs with small- to medium-sized, four-lobed flowers arranged in capitate inflorescences. Some have a brightly coloured calyx and are eye-catching, particularly the Australian species. The corolla is variable in colour, often white, but also all shades of blue, pink and maroon. The fruit is usually a two-seeded capsule, sometimes a schizocarp or nut. Selected species ''Spermacoce'' is a highly diverse genus with over 290 species in many tropical and subtropical places around the globe. North American species include: *'' Spermacoce alata'' Aubl. - West Indies, most of Latin America; naturalized i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Capitata
''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Australia and Asia. It can be used for the treatment of eczema by rubbing the leaves on the affected part. Description The species are herbs or small shrubs with small- to medium-sized, four-lobed flowers arranged in capitate inflorescences. Some have a brightly coloured Calyx (botany), calyx and are eye-catching, particularly the Australian species. The corolla is variable in colour, often white, but also all shades of blue, pink and maroon. The fruit is usually a two-seeded capsule, sometimes a schizocarp or nut. Selected species ''Spermacoce'' is a highly diverse genus with over 290 species in many tropical and subtropical places around the globe. North American species include: *''Spermacoce alata'' Aubl. - West Indies, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Tenuior
''Spermacoce'' or false buttonweed is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 275 species found throughout the tropics and subtropics. Its highest diversity is found in the Americas, followed by Africa, Australia and Asia. It can be used for the treatment of eczema by rubbing the leaves on the affected part. Description The species are herbs or small shrubs with small- to medium-sized, four-lobed flowers arranged in capitate inflorescences. Some have a brightly coloured calyx and are eye-catching, particularly the Australian species. The corolla is variable in colour, often white, but also all shades of blue, pink and maroon. The fruit is usually a two-seeded capsule, sometimes a schizocarp or nut. Selected species ''Spermacoce'' is a highly diverse genus with over 290 species in many tropical and subtropical places around the globe. North American species include: *'' Spermacoce alata'' Aubl. - West Indies, most of Latin America; naturalized i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Glabra
''Spermacoce glabra'', smooth false buttonweed, is a New World species of plants in the coffee family. The species is widespread across much of North America and South America. In the United States, it is found in the southern part of the Mississippi Valley from Illinois to Louisiana, the range extending westward into Texas, Oklahoma and eastern Kansas, and eastward along the Ohio River. Isolated populations are reported from farther east, in Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The species also occurs in southern Mexico (Tabasco and Campeche), Honduras, and South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...).Martínez Salas, E. M., M. Sousa Sánchez & C. H. Ramos Álvarez. 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Neoterminalis
''Spermacoce neoterminalis'', the Everglades Key false buttonweed, is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, from the Everglades as far north as Lake Okeechobee Lake Okeechobee ( ) is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the List of largest lakes of the United States by area, eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest ....Kartesz, John T. & Gandhi, Kancheepuram Natarajan. 1992. Brittonia 44(3): 370, ''Spermacoce terminalis'' ''Spermacoce neoterminalis'' is a perennial herb with a woody root. Stems are up to 40 cm tall, generally not branching above the ground. Leaves are elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules. References External linksNatives for your Neighborhood, Institute for Regional Conservation, Delray Beach Florida USA, Everglades Keys false buttonweed, ''Spermacoce terminalis'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Ovalifolia
''Spermacoce ovalifolia'', the broadleaf false buttonweed, is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, parts of the Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad, and the Windward Islands), and South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...). ''Spermacoce ovalifolia'' is an annual herb about 30 cm tall. Leaves are ovate, up to 4 cm long. flowers are very small, in dense axillary clusters. References External linksphoto of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1889, isotype of ''Spermacoce pringlei'', synonym of ''Spermacoce ovalifolia'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Keyensis
''Spermacoce keyensis'', the Florida false buttonweed, is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae, first discovered in the Florida Keys. It is found in southern Florida, Bahamas, and the extreme southern tip of Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ... ( Cameron County). References External linksAtlas of Florida Vascular Plants [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Alata
''Spermacoce alata'', the winged false buttonweed, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere and naturalized in many other parts of the world. Description ''Spermacoce alata'' is a perennial herb, sometimes erect but other times decumbent. Stems are square in cross-section, with wings along the corners running lengthwise along the stem. Leaves are elliptical to oblong, up to 8 cm long. Flowers are white to very pale purple, formed in axillary clumps. Distribution ''Spermacoce alata'' is considered native to southern Mexico, Central America, a few islands in the Caribbean (Trinidad and the Leeward Islands), and parts of South America (French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina). It is reportedly naturalized in tropical Africa (from Liberia to Uganda), China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang), India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Andam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermacoce Ocymoides
''Spermacoce ocymoides'' is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( .... It is widespread in Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Isles, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15451274 ocymoides Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |