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Showing Spermacoce calliantha
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Gentianales(ordo)
- Rubiaceae(fam.)
- Spermacoce(gen.)
- calliantha(sp.)
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Type: North of Maningrida, NT, 8.iv. 2000, R.K. Harwood 816; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH, SI.
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APC Dist.: NT
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Etymology: Greek calli- (beautiful) and -anthos (flower), as the corollas of this species are generally considered the most attractive of the Spermacoce species in the NT.