Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce aurantiseta
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce aurantiseta Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 325, Fig 18 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Edith Falls Road, 31.iii.2001, R.K. Harwood 1072; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH, SI.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin aurantius (orange) and seta (bristle), because of the orange colour of the conspicuous pales in the capitula.