Spermacoce neoterminalis

Everglades Key false buttonweed

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Spermacoceae
Genus: Spermacoce
Species:
S. neoterminalis
Binomial name
Spermacoce neoterminalis
Govaerts
Synonyms[2]
  • Borreria terminalis Small
  • Spermacoce terminalis (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi 1992, illegitimate homonym of S. terminalis Vell. 1829

Spermacoce neoterminalis, the Everglades Key false buttonweed or Everglade Key bouvardia,[1] is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, from the Everglades as far north as Lake Okeechobee.[2][3][4][5][6]

Spermacoce neoterminalis is a perennial herb with a woody root. Stems are up to 40 cm tall, generally not branching above the ground. Leaves are elliptical. Flowers are small, white, clustered in terminal and axillary glomerules.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b NatureServe (3 July 2025). "Spermacoce terminalis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b Govaerts, R., ed. (2024). "Spermacoce neoterminalis". WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, map, Spermacoce terminalis
  4. ^ Govaerts, Rafaël Herman Anna. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1): 18, Spermacoce neoterminalis
  5. ^ a b Small, John Kunkel. 1924. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 51(9): 387, Borreria terminalis
  6. ^ Kartesz, John T. & Gandhi, Kancheepuram Natarajan. 1992. Brittonia 44(3): 370, Spermacoce terminalis
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