Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire , and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style , and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 828 meters (0 to 2,717 feet).Mean = 291.020 meters (954.790 feet), Standard Deviation = 230.260 based on 48 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.l. De Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Spermacoce
()
- Specific epithet:
brachystema
- R.Br. ex Benth.
- Botanical name: - Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth.
- Specific epithet:
brachystema
- R.Br. ex Benth.
- Genus:
Spermacoce
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Rubiales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Borreria brachystema (R.Br. ex Benth.) Valeton
- Spermacoce brachystema var. chillagoensis Domin
- Spermacoce brachystema var. majoriflora Domin
- Spermacoce brachystema var. micrantha Domin
- Spermacoce brachystema var. pycnocephala Domin
- Spermacoce brachystema var. tryonii Domin
- Spermacoce stricta F.Muell.
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Spermacoce
There are approximately 363 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. abyssinica · S. adscendens · S. alata (Borreria) · S. alternans · S. angustifolia · S. annua · S. anthospermoides · S. aprica · S. aquatica · S. arenicola · S. aretiodes · S. aretioides · S. argentea · S. argillacea · S. arida · S. aristeguietiana · S. articularis · S. arvensis · S. ascendens · S. asperula · S. assirgens · S. aurantiseta · S. auriculata · S. avenia · S. azurea · S. bahamensis · S. bahiana · S. baileyana · S. balansae · S. bambusicola · S. bangweolensis · S. bequaertii · S. berteroana · S. bisepala · S. bolivarensis · S. brachiata · S. brachyantha · S. brachysepala (West Indian False Buttonweed) · S. brachystema · S. brachystema subvar. brachystema · S. brachystema subvar. chillagoensis · S. brachystema subvar. tryonii · S. brachystema var. brachystema · S. brachystemodes · S. brachystemonoides · S. bradei · S. brassii · S. brevidens · S. breviflora · S. brittonii · S. brownii · S. buchneri · S. buckleyi · S. burmanni · S. burmannii · S. buruensis · S. caerulea · S. caerulescens · S. calyptera · S. campacta · S. capillaris · S. capitata (Baldhead False Buttonweed) · S. capitata var. tenella · S. cardiophora · S. carolinensis · S. casmae · S. cassuangensis · S. cataractarum · S. caudata · S. centranthodes · S. cephalophora · S. chacoensis · S. chaetocephala · S. chartensis · S. clinopodioides · S. coerulea · S. confertifolia · S. congensis · S. congestanthera · S. constricta · S. cristulata · S. cupularis · S. cylindrata · S. daphnoides · S. dasycephala (Carretilla) · S. debilis · S. decipiens · S. decurrens · S. delicatula · S. denseflora · S. densiflora (Bouquet False Buttonweed) · S. denticulata · S. depressa · S. deserti · S. dibrachiata · S. dimorpha · S. discreta · S. divaricata · S. dolichosperma · S. dussii
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9967239
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1132884
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106193-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2125750
