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Rubiaceae

Spermacoce remota Lam.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Spermacoce

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Spermacoce remota: Spermacoce assurgens (flowers). Location: Maui, Puhilele Pt Haleakala National Park
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
光叶丰花草
Japanese
ナガバハリフタバ

Synonyms

  • Bigelovia vaginata (Willd.) Spreng.
  • Borreria assurgens (Ruiz & Pav.) Griseb.
  • Borreria malacophylla Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Borreria remota (Lam.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral
  • Borreria vaginata (Willd.) F.Dietr.
  • Borreria wydleriana DC.
  • Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav.
  • Spermacoce chapmanii Torr. & A.Gray
  • Spermacoce dichotoma Willd. ex Steud.
  • Spermacoce echioides Kunth
  • Spermacoce hebecarpa DC.
  • Spermacoce hondurensis Govaerts
  • Spermacoce lanceolata Link
  • Spermacoce parviflora Salisb.
  • Spermacoce sexangularis Sieber ex Steud.
  • Spermacoce suffrutescens Jacq.
  • Spermacoce suffruticosa Spreng.
  • Spermacoce tenuior var. commersonii Verdc.
  • Spermacoce tetragona DC.
  • Spermacoce vaginata Willd.
  • Spermacoce wydleriana (DC.) Kuntze
  • Tessiera pubescens Miq.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.