PLANTS Profile for Spermacoce floridana (Florida false buttonweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Spermacoce floridana Urb.
Florida false buttonweed

Symbol:

SPFL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.

Synonyms:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.

	SPKE	Spermacoce keyensis Small
	SPTEF	Spermacoce tenuior L. var. floridana (Urb.) R.W. Long

Distribution:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.


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USA (FL, TX)

Related Taxa:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 19 species in Spermacoce

Classification:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Spermacoce L. – false buttonweed
Species	Spermacoce floridana Urb. – Florida false buttonweed

More Accounts and Images:
Spermacoce floridana Urb.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35240.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 08:14 AM MST