Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce latimarginata
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce latimarginata Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 345-346, Figs 4D, 27 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 80 km east of Heartbreak Hotel, Carpentaria Highway, NT, 5.iii.2000, R.K. Harwood 789; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH, SI.
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • Etymology: Latin lati- (broad, wide) and -marginatus (margin) because the pale margin of the calyx lobes is broader than that of most NT Spermacoce.