S. NOMENCLATOR OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN RUBIACEAE 



Borreria laevigata M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

 Acad. Roy. Bruxelles 11: 130. 1844. Type: 

 MEXICO: Michoacan, Vallee de Morelia 

 (Valladolid de Michoacan), or Mexico, la 

 plaine de Jordana, pres Toluca, 8000 pieds, H. 

 Galeotti 2586 (Holotype BR, n.v.; Isotype P, 

 n.v. (photo MO)).— Spermacoce verticillata 

 L. 



Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb., Abh. Kon. 

 Gewiss. Gottmgen 7: 231.1857. Spermacoce 

 laevis Lam., Tabl. Encycl. et Meth. Bot. 1: 

 273., n. 1435. 1791. Type: SANTO 

 DOMINGO: Without precise locality, Martin 

 s.n. (Holotype P-LA, n.v.). — Spermacoce 

 tenuior L. Note: Although Borreria laevis 

 sensu Griseb. equals Spermacoce assurgens 

 Ruiz & Pav., the type of the basionym, 

 Spermacoce laevis Lam., equals the type of 

 Spermacoce tenuior L. 



Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K. Schum. in Mart., 

 Fl. Bras. 6(6): 61., t. 80. 1888. Spermacoce 

 latifolia Aubl., Hist. PI. Guiana 55. 1775. 

 Type: FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, Aublet 

 s.n. (Holotype P, n.v.; Isotype MA, n.v. 

 (photo MO)).— Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. 



Borreria longiseta M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

 Acad. Roy. Bruxelles 11: 128. 1844. Type: 

 MEXICO: Veracruz, Zacuapan et Mirador 

 [label on isotype at P states "cordilleres pres 

 de Vera Cruz, 1000 pieds"], H. Galeotti 2611 

 (Holotype BR, n.v.; Isotypes K, n.v., P)). 

 — Status uncertain. According to C. D. 

 Adams (pers. comm. 1996) the description 

 does not agree with the type, which actually 

 represents a specimen 



Borreria malacophylla Standi. & L. O. 

 Williams, Ceiba 1: 165. 1950, nom. illeg., not 

 Borreris malacophylla K. Schum., 1903. 

 Type: HONDURAS: El Paraiso, near Galera, 

 moist thicket, 900 m, Nov-Dec 1943, P. C. 

 Standley 15584 (Holotype US 2215979 

 (photos MEXU, NY, PTBG); Isotype F). 

 — Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. 



Borreria nesiotica B. L. Rob., Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. Arts 45: 409. 1910. Type: MEXICO: 

 Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Group), 1897, 

 A. W. Anthony s.n. (Holotype GH, n.v.; 



Isotype US (photos MEXU, PTBG)). 

 —Spermacoce nesiotica (B. L. Rob.) G. A. 



Borreria oaxacana M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

 Acad. Roy. Bruxelles 11: 130. 1844. Type: 

 MEXICO: Oaxaca, pres de la ville d'Oaxaca, 

 5000 pieds, H. Galeotti 2629 (Holotype BR, 

 n.v.).— Spermacoce verticillata L. 



Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC, Prodr. 4: 

 544. 1830. Type: Tropical Asia, collector 

 unknown, (Holotype presumably G, n.v.). 

 Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f, Fl. Ind. 34. 

 1768. This name has been erroneously applied 

 by many authors to tropical American taxa of 

 Spermacoce with small leaves and flowers, 

 including S. exilis, S. ovalifolia, and S. 

 pros (rata. 



Borreria ovalifolia M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

 Acad. Roy. Bruxelles 11: 129. 1844. Type: 

 MEXICO: Veracruz, Mirador, 5000 pieds, H. 

 Galeotti 2606 (Holotype BR, n.v.). 

 —Spermacoce ovalifolia (M. Martens & 

 Galeotti) Hemsl. 



Borreria patula M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

 Acad. Roy. Bruxelles 11: 128. 1844. Type: 

 MEXICO: Veracruz, Mirador, 3000 pieds, H. 

 Galeotti 2608 (Holotype BR, n.v.; Isotype K, 

 n.v). — Spermacoce prostrata Aubl. 



Borreria podocephala DC, Prodr. 4: 542. 1840. 

 Type: MEXICO or CUBA: Without precise 

 locality or collector, based on living material 

 (IDC 800.7 19.11. 1 (photo MO)). 

 —Spermacoce verticillata L. 



Borreria procera Schltdl., Linnaea 9: 593. 1834. 

 Type: MEXICO: Veracruz, Hacienda de la 

 Laguna, Schiede & Deppe 250 (Holotype 

 HAL, n.v.). — Spermacoce suaveolens (G. 

 Mey.) Kuntze 



Borreria pumilio Standi., Ann. Missouri Bot. 

 Gard. 27: 342. 1940. Type: PANAMA: Code, 

 Nata, ca. 50 m, 12 Sep 1938, P. H. Allen 822 

 (Holotype MO 1808165 (photos MEXU, 

 PTBG); Isotypes F (photo PTBG), GH, n.v., 

 US (photo PTBG)).— Spermacoce 



Borreria radicosa Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. 

 Bot. 10: 416. 1924. Type: MEXICO: Chiapas, 



Purpus 9223 (Holotype UC 223392, n.v.; 



