Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce erectiloba
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce erectiloba Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 336-337, Figs 5C, E, 24 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: East Alligator Ranger Station, Kakadu National Park, NT, 8.iii.1999, R.K. Harwood 606; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin erectus (erect) and -lobus (lobe), because the lobes remain erect after the corolla opens, unlike the spreading divided part of the lobes of the other three species with divided lobes.