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Showing Spermacoce phalloides
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
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- Spermacoce(gen.)
- phalloides(sp.)
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Type: Port Darwin [NT], 4 miles NE, Apr. 1927, Bleeser 146; holo: B, n.v., destroyed; iso: NSW, DNA (A30636).
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APC Dist.: NT
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Etymology: Greek phallos (penis) and -oides (like) because of the distinct appearance of the persistent obturator on the seed (Fig. 14I).