Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bigelovia linifolia (Vahl) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., 1: 404 (1824); Borreria capitellata (Willd.) Cham. & Schltdl. in Linnaea 3: 319 (1828); Borreria herbert-smithii Rusby in Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 144 (1920); Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 231 (1857); Borreria linifolia (Vahl) F.Dietr. in Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 15 (1826); Spermacoce capitellata Willd. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 3: 530 (1818); Spermacoce guianensis Bremek. in Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 33: 714 (1936); Spermacoce laevis Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 273 (1791); Spermacoce linifolia Vahl in Eclog. Amer. 1: 8 (1797); Spermacoceodes tenuior (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 123 (1898); Spermacoce tenuior var. angustifolia Eggers in Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 23(3): 62 (1879); Spermacoce tenuior var. major Beurl. in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 40: 133 (1854 publ. 1856); Tardavel laevis (Lam.) Standl. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 122 (1916).Spermacoce confusa Rendle. The Plant List (2017). Erroneously reported in Galapagos literature, including Hooker (1847), Andersson (1855), Robinson (1902) and Stewart (1911); misidentification of Spermacoce confusa Rendle, fide Wiggins & Porter (1971).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Mexico to N. Venezuela and Peru, Caribbean (POWO, 2023).

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