Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce protrusa
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce protrusa Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 354-355, Fig 15A-C, Fig 30 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Black Point, Coburg Peninsula, NT, 7.iii.2003, J.A. Risler 1996; holo: DNA; iso: AD, BR, BRI, CANB, K, L, MEL, NSW, PERTH, SI.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin protrusus (pushed out, exserted), because the persistent obturator protrudes beyond the base of the seed.