Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce aequabilis
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce aequabilis Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 322-323, Figs 13D-I, 18 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Arnhem Highway, 25 km W of South Alligator River, NT, 17.iii.2001, R.K. Harwood 1037; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, L, MEL, PERTH, SI.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin aequabilis (uniform, consistent) because the persistent obturator has a uniform cellular texture throughout (in other species where the persistent obturator has a uniform texture throughout, the structure is membranous).