Spermacoce prostrata
| Prostrate false buttonweed | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Spermacoceae |
| Genus: | Spermacoce |
| Species: | S. prostrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spermacoce prostrata Aubl.
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Spermacoce prostrata (prostrate false buttonweed) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. In the United States, it is widespread in Florida, with a few isolated populations in Alabama and Mississippi.[1][2] The species is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Turks & Caicos, the Lesser Antilles, and the Dutch and Venezuelan Antilles. It is also widespread in South America, found in every country except Chile. The species is reportedly naturalized in Hawaii, China (Hainan, Hong Kong), Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Java.[3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, v 19 p 328, 匍匐丰花草 pu fu feng hua cao, Spermacoce prostrata
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2012. Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae. 4(2): i–xvi, 1–533. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
External links[edit]
- US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- La Selva Florula Digital, Páginas de Especies: Spermacoce prostrata
- East Tennessee Wildflowers, Buttonweed Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Gardening Europe Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Florida Natives, prostrate falst buttonweed