Spermacoce capitata
A species in the Rubiaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
- Species
- Spermacoce capitata
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1798
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Spermacoce capitata. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
46 synonyms in this snapshot
- Bigelovia cornifoliaName author: Heynh.
- Bigelovia distansName author: Hook. & Arn.
- Borreria aturensisName author: (Kunth) DC.
- Borreria capitataName author: (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.
- Borreria capitata f. capitataName author: Not supplied
- Borreria capitata f. ferrugineaName author: (A.St.-Hil.) Steyerm.
- Borreria capitata f. glabraName author: Steyerm.
- Borreria capitata subsp. restingicolaName author: E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo
- Borreria coriaceaName author: Scheele
- Borreria cornifoliaName author: (Fisch. ex Nees) DC.
- Borreria distansName author: DC.
- Borreria elongataName author: DC.
- Borreria ferrugineaName author: (A.St.-Hil.) DC.
- Borreria gracilisName author: Scheele
- Borreria kapplerianaName author: Miq.
- Borreria lutescensName author: DC.
- Borreria psyllioidesName author: DC.
- Borreria rubrostipulataName author: DC.
- Borreria saturejifoliaName author: Cham. & Schltdl.
- Borreria sphaericaName author: DC.
- Borreria strictissimaName author: DC.
- Borreria tenella var. caesiaName author: Chodat & Hassl.
- Borreria tenella var. coriaceaName author: Chodat & Hassl.
- Borreria tenella var. lavandulifoliaName author: DC.
- Borreria tenella var. macrocephalaName author: Glaz.
- Borreria tenella var. pubescensName author: Chodat & Hassl.
- Borreria tenella var. suffruticosaName author: Zahlbr.
- Borreria tenella var. teneraName author: K.Schum.
- Jurgensia psylloidesName author: Raf.
- Spermacoce aculeataName author: Willd.
- Spermacoce aturensisName author: Kunth
- Spermacoce capitata var. ferrugineaName author: (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
- Spermacoce capitata var. normalisName author: Kuntze
- Spermacoce cornifoliaName author: Fisch. ex Nees
- Spermacoce distansName author: Kunth
- Spermacoce elongataName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce fasciculataName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce ferrugineaName author: A.St.-Hil.
- Spermacoce globosaName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce lavandulifoliaName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce lutescensName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce proceraName author: Hemsl.
- Spermacoce rubrostipulataName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce strictissimaName author: Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce terminalisName author: Vell.
- Spermacoce tomentosaName author: Vell.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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