Rubiaceae
Spermacoce

Spermacoce princeae (K.Schum.) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 30: 307 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Verdc. in Kew Bulletin 30: 307 (1975).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Nana felicite [141] Cameroon K000580248 No
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2283] Cameroon K000518675 No
Sep 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2228] Cameroon K000338727 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Kamundi, D. [725] Cameroon K000338733 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [866] Cameroon K000338728 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Onana, J.-M. [641] Cameroon K000338734 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Cheek, M. [8682] Cameroon K000338732 Yes
Sep 1, 1998 Cable, S. [2952] Cameroon K000338726 Yes
Mar 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [771] Cameroon K000338731 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Buzgo, M. [588] Cameroon K000338729 Yes
Feb 1, 1997 Cheek, M. [8474] Cameroon K000338730 Yes
Volkens, G. [413] Tanzania K000173010 Isosyntype Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Chisumpa, S.M.; Polhill, R.M. [14020] Zambia K000173021 Holotype Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17885] Tanzania K001639088 No
Wheatley, J.I. [560] Cameroon K001589994 Yes
Boughey, A.S. [32] Equatorial Guinea K000422885 Type Yes
Kassner [753] Kenya K000173009 Isosyntype Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1597] Tanzania Borreria princeae K:SPC-00845.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2933] Zambia Borreria princeae K:SPC-31013.000 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8471] Zambia Spermacoce princeae var. pubescens K001590966 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images