Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce constricta
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce constricta Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 332-333, Fig 22 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Bradshaw Station, NT, 18.ii.1999, C.R. Mitchell 2180 & C. Yates; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, K.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: Latin constrictus (constricted) because of the constriction in the margin of the ventral groove of the seed near the hilum.
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]