Spermacoce Remota

Woodland false buttonweed
Conservation status
	; Least Concern ( IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Spermacoceae
Genus:	Spermacoce
Species:	S. remota
Binomial name
	Spermacoce remota; Lam.
Synonyms
	Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Spermacoce parviflora Salisb.; Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav.; Spermacoce suffrutescens Jacq.; Spermacoce vaginata Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes; Spermacoce echioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Spermacoce lanceolata Link; Bigelovia vaginata (Willd.) Spreng.; Borreria wydleriana DC.; Spermacoce hebecarpa DC.; Spermacoce tetragona DC.; Spermacoce chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray; Spermacoce dichotoma Willd. ex Steud.; Spermacoce sexangularis Sieber ex Steud.; Tessiera pubescens Miq.; Tessiera miquelonana Lévèq.; Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb.; Spermacoce wydleriana (DC.) Kuntze; Borreria malacophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams; Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii Verdc.; Spermacoce hondurensis Govaerts;

Spermacoce remota, the woodland false buttonweed,^[3] is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae.^[4] It is native to the southeastern United States ( Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama), West Indies ( Bermuda, Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, etc.), Mexico, Central America and South America. It is naturalized in Taiwan, Southeast Asia ( Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), China ( Guangdong), India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Mauritius and many other oceanic islands (including Hawaii and the Galápagos).^[2]

Spermacoce remota is a perennial herb or sub-shrub up to 70 cm tall. Stems are either round or square in cross-section. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 5 cm long. Flowers are small, white, in a clump at the top of the stem.^[5] This herb is a common ground for oviposition of butterfly eggs, such as those of Anartia fatima.

References

^ Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Spermacoce remota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T192157064A192157066. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192157064A192157066.en. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce remota
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spermacoce assurgens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^ Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de in Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1(1): 273
^ Flora of China, v 19 p 329, 光叶丰花草 guang ye feng hua cao, Spermacoce remota

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[1] Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Spermacoce remota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T192157064A192157066. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192157064A192157066.en. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[tammyswappateer-2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Spermacoce remota

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Spermacoce assurgens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[4] Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de in Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de Monnet de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791) Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1(1): 273

[5] Flora of China, v 19 p 329, 光叶丰花草 guang ye feng hua cao, Spermacoce remota

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Woodland false buttonweed

Conservation status
Least Concern ( IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Spermacoceae
Genus:	Spermacoce
Species:	S. remota
Binomial name
*Spermacoce remota* Lam.
Synonyms^[2]
Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral Spermacoce parviflora Salisb. Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. Spermacoce suffrutescens Jacq. Spermacoce vaginata Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes Spermacoce echioides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth Spermacoce lanceolata Link Bigelovia vaginata (Willd.) Spreng. Borreria wydleriana DC. Spermacoce hebecarpa DC. Spermacoce tetragona DC. Spermacoce chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray Spermacoce dichotoma Willd. ex Steud. Spermacoce sexangularis Sieber ex Steud. Tessiera pubescens Miq. Tessiera miquelonana Lévèq. Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb. Spermacoce wydleriana (DC.) Kuntze Borreria malacophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii Verdc. Spermacoce hondurensis Govaerts