Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spermacoce stigmatosa
Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce stigmatosa Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 360-361, Fig 33 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Flinders Peninsula, Arnhem Land, NT, 21.v.1992, I.D. Cowie 2765; holo: DNA; iso: BR, CANB.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin stigmatosus (having conspicuous stigmas), the stigmas being conspicuous because of the dense papillae on them.