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Spermacoce

The genus Spermacoce is in the family Rubiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Spermacoce

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Spermacoce abyssinica Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce adscendens Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aequabilis Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce alata Aubl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce alternans (Bello) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce amapaensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce angustifolia (Span.) Boerl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce annua Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aprica (Hiern) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aquatica Vell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aretioides (Griseb.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce argentea (Cham.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce argillacea Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce arida (DC.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aristeguietiana (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce articularis L.f. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce arvensis (Hiern) R.D.Good Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce aurantiseta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce auriculata F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce azurea Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bahamensis (Britton) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bahiana (E.L.Cabral) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce baileyana Domin Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bambusicola (Berhaut) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bangweolensis (R.E.Fr.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bequaertii (De Wild.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce berteroana Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bisepala Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bolivarensis (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brachyantha Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brachysepala (Urb.) Alain Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brachystemonoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce bradei (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brassii Gideon Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brevicilia Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brevidens Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce breviflora F.Muell. ex Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brittonii (Standl.) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce brownii Rusby Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce buchneri (K.Schum.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce buckleyi Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce burchellii (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce burmanni DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce buruensis Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce calliantha Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce capillaris (Correll) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce capitata Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce cardiophora Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce carolinensis Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce casmae Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce cassuangensis R.D.Good Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce cataractarum (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce caudata Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce chaetocephala DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce chartensis (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce clinopodioides (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce confertifolia (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce congensis (Bremek.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce congestanthera Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce constricta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce crispata (K.Schum.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce cristulata Domin Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce cupularis (DC.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce daphnoides ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dasycephala (Cham. & Schltdl.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce debilis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce decipiens (K.Schum.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce decurrens Vell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce delicatula (E.L.Cabral) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce densiflora (DC.) Alain Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce deserti N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dibrachiata Oliv. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dimorpha (J.H.Kirkbr.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce discreta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dispersa (Hook.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce divaricata (Hook.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce diversistyla Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dolichosperma Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce dussii (Standl.) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce egleri (Sucre & C.G.Costa) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce elaiosoma Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce elliptica Thunb. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce erectiloba Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce erioclada DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce erosa Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce eryngioides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce erythrosepala Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce evenia (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce everistiana Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce exasperata Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce exigua (S.Moore) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce exilis (L.O.Williams) C.D.Adams ex W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce fabiformis Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce felis-insulae (Correll) R.A.Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce filifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce filiformis Hiern Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce filituba (K.Schum.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce flagelliformis Poir. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce flavovirens (Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce fruticosa (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce galeopsidis DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce garuensis (K.Krause) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce gibba Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce gilliesiae (Specht) J.R.Clarkson Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce glabra Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce gracillima (DC.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce graniticola Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce guimaraesensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce hepperiana Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce heteromorpha Dessein Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce hillii (Chippend.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce hispida L. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce hockii (De Wild.) Dessein Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce huillensis (Hiern) R.D.Good Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce humifusa Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce inaguensis (Britton) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce inaperta F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce incognita (E.L.Cabral) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce inconspicua Bartl. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce intricans (Hepper) H.M.Burkill Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce intricata (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ipecacuana Larrañaga Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce irwiniana (E.L.Cabral) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ivorensis Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce jacobsonii F.M.Bailey Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce jaliscensis M.E.Jones Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce jangouxii (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce juncta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce keyensis Small Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce kirkii (Hiern) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce laevicaulis Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce laevigata F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce laevis Lam. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce lagunensis (M.E.Jones) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce lagurus (S.Moore) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce lamprosperma Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce lancea (Hiern) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce latimarginata Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce latituba (K.Schum.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ledermannii (K.Krause) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce leptoloba Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce lignosa Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce limae (Sucre) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce linearifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce linearis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce litoralis (Urb.) Alain Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce longiseta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce loretiana (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce macrantha Reinw. ex Korth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce macrocephala (Standl. & Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce malabarica (Sivar. & Manilal) Sivar., R.V.Nair & Kunju Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce malacophylla (K.Schum.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce manikensis Dessein Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce manillensis Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce marginata Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce martiana Colla Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce marticrovettiana (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce matanzasia (Urb.) Borhidi Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce melochioides (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce membranacea R.Br. ex Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce meyeniana Walp. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce microcephala A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce milnei Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce minutiflora (K.Schum.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce mitracarpoides Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce multibracteata (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce multicaulis Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce multiflora (DC.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce nana Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce natalensis Hochst. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce neesiana Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce nelidae (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce neohispida Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce neotenuis Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce neoterminalis Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce nesiotica (Rob.) G.A.Levin Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce nigricans Herter Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce noronhensis (Sucre) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce obscura DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce occidentalis Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce occultiseta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce octodon (Hepper) Hakki Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ocymifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce oligantha Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce omissa J.R.Clarkson Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ovalifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce palustris (Cham. & Schltdl.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce paolii (Chiov.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce papuana F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce paraensis (Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce paranaensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce parviceps (Ridl.) I.M.Turner Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pauciflora Vell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce paulista (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pazensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce perangusta (S.Moore) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce perennis Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce perijaensis Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce perpusilla (Hook.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pessima Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce petraea (Pires-O'Brien) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce phaeosperma Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce phalloides Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce phyteuma Schweinf. ex Hiern Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce phyteumoides Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pilifera Bacigalupo Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pilulifera (Ridl.) I.M.Turner Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce platyloba Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce poaya A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pogostoma Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce polygonifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce polyphylla Vell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce princeae (K.Schum.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce prostrata Aubl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce protrusa Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pulchristipula (Bremek.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pumila (DC.) Pohl ex B.D.Jacks. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pusilla Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce pygmaea C.Wright Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce quadrifaria (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce quadrisulcata (Bremek.) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce radiata (DC.) Hiern Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ramanii Sivar. & R.V.Nair Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce redacta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce reflexa (J.H.Kirkbr.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce remota Lam. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce resinosula Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce reticulata Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce retitesta Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce rosea (Urb.) Alain Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce rosmarinifolia (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce rotundifolia (Andersson) Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce rubricaulis C.Wright Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce ruelliae DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce runkii (K.Schum.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce rupicola Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce samfya Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce santacruciana (Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce savannarum (Britton) Howard Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce scaberrima Blume Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce scabiosoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce scabrisina Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce schlechteri K.Schum. ex Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce schumanniana (Taub. ex Ule) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce scortechinii Gand. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce semiamplexicaulis (E.L.Cabral) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce semierecta Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce senensis (Klotzsch) Hiern Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce serpyllifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce setidens (Miq.) Boerl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce sexangularis Aubl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce shandongensis (F.Z.Li & X.D.Chen) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce simplicicaulis (K.Schum. ex Sucre) Govaerts Accepted L WCSP
Spermacoce sociata (Span.) Boerl. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce somalica (K.Schum.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce spermacocina (K.Schum.) Bridson & Puff Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce sphaerostigma (A.Rich.) Oliv. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce spicata (Miq.) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce spruceana Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce squamosa (Griseb.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce stachydea DC. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce stenophylla F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce stigmatosa Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce stipularis Dessein Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce strumpfioides (Griseb.) C.Wright Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce suaveolens (G.Mey.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce suberecta (Hook.f.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce subvulgata (K.Schum.) J.G.García Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce sulcata (Bacigalupo) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce suprahila Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce taylorii Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tectanthera Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tenella Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tenuior L. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tenuissima Hiern Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce terminaliflora R.D.Good Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tetraquetra A.Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce thymifolia (Griseb.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce thymoidea (Hiern) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce tocantinsiana (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce trichosiphonia Harwood Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce uniseta F.M.Bailey Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce valens (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce verticillata L. Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce viridiflora (Hassl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce vulpina (Standl.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce warmingii (K.Schum.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce weygaertii Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce wunschmannii (K.Schum.) Kuntze Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce wurdackii (Steyerm.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce xanthophylla (Bremek.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Spermacoce zollingeriana (Miq.) Boerl. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 651 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Spermacoce. Of these 295 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 26 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Spermacoce. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 651 species names for the genus Spermacoce recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 295 45.3%
◕ Synonym 331 50.8%
◕ Unplaced 19 2.9%
◕ Unassessed 6 0.9%

All names

The status of the 677 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Spermacoce recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 296 43.7%
◕ Synonym 355 52.4%
◕ Unplaced 20 3.0%
◕ Unassessed 6 0.9%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 651 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Spermacoce, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 294 304 0 0 598 91.9%
Medium confidence 0 26 0 0 26 4.0%
Low confidence 1 1 19 6 27 4.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Spermacoce, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 26 0 6 0 32 4.9%
WCSP 295 305 19 0 0 619 95.1%