Spermacoce

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False Buttonweed
Spermacoce terminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Spermacoce
species
More than 250, including: Spermacoce alata Spermacoce abbreviata Spermacoce aequabilis Spermacoce appendiculata Spermacoce applanata Spermacoce argillacea Spermacoce armeniaca Spermacoce articularis Spermacoce aurantiseta Spermacoce auriculata

False Buttonweed (Spermacoce) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to temperate and tropical regions of the southern hemisphere, particularly Australia.

Selected species

• Spermacoce fabiformis
• Spermacoce gibba

[edit] External links

• The Spermacoce of Australia