1803. Type: MEXICO: Habita 

 floret Augusto, Sesse & Mocif, 

 (presumably MA, n.v.). — Stat 



Spermacoce haenkeana (DC.) Hemsl., Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59. 1881. Borreria 

 haenkeana DC, Prodr. 4: 547. 1830. Type: 

 MEXICO or PERU: Without precise locality 

 or collector (G-DEL, n.v. (photo MO)). 

 —Spermacoce suaveolens (G. Mey.) Kuntze 



Spermacoce jaliscensis M. E. Jones, Extracts 

 Contr. Western Bot. 18: 67. 1933. Type: 

 MEXICO: Jalisco, Orendain, 30 Nov 1930, 

 Uones 271 18 (location unknown). — Status 



Spermacoce laevis Lam., Tabl. Encycl. Meth. 

 Bot. 1: 273, tab. 1435. 1791. Type: SANTO 

 DOMINGO: Without precise locality, Martin 

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

 Borreria. — Spermacoce tenuior L. For a 

 discussion of synonymy and misapplication of 

 this name see Verdcourt (1983: 545). 



Spermacoce latifolia Aubl., Hist. PI. Guiane 1: 

 55, /. 19, fig. 1. 1775. Type: FRENCH 

 GUIANA: Cayenne, Aublets.n. (Holotype P, 

 n.v.; Isotype MA, n.v. (photo MO)). Borreria. 



Spermacoce linearis Sesse & Mo?., Fl. Mexic. 

 25. 1893 (La Naturaleza 2, 1: App. 25. 1893). 

 Type: MEXICO: Habitat in montibus Xorullo 

 vicinis. Floret Septembri, Sesse & Mocino s.n. 

 (presumably MA, n.v.).— Status uncertain. 



Spermacoce longiseta (M. Martens & Galeotti) 

 Hemsl., Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59. 1882. 

 Borreria longiseta M. Martens & Galeotti, 

 Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. 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, n.v. (photo MO)). Also see 

 comments under Borreria longiseta. The 

 description does not apply to the same plant as 

 represented by the type (C. D. Adams, pers. 

 comm. 1996).— Status uncertain. 



Spermacoce mauritiana Gideon in Verdcourt 

 Kew Bull. 37: 547. 1983. Norn. nov. for 

 Borreria repens DC, Prodr. 4: 544. 1830. Not 

 Spermacoce repens Willd. ex Cham. & 

 Schltdl., 1828, nor Sesse & Mo?., 1893, nor 



Larranaga, 1923. Type: MAURITIUS: Sieber 

 Fl. Maurit. II, 144 (Holotype G, n.v.; Isotypes 

 P). See Verdcourt (1983) for discussion of 

 typification. — Spermacoce exilis (L. O. 

 Williams) C D. Adams 



Spermacoce megalocarpa A. Gray, Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. Arts 21: 381. 1886. Type: MEXICO: 

 Chihuahua, south-western Chihuahua, wet 

 places in the higher mountains above 

 Batopilas, Aug-Nov 1885, E. Palmer 185 

 (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotypes NY, n.v., US 

 (photos MEXU, PTBG)).— Crusea 

 megalocarpa (A. Gray) S. Watson 



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

 in G. A. Levin & R. Moran, Vase. Fl. Isla 

 Socorro, Mexico (Mem. San Diego Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. 16): 51. 1989. Borreria nesiotica B. L. 

 Rob., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 409. 1910. 

 Type: MEXICO: Soccoro Island 

 (Revillagigedo Group), 1897, A. W. Anthony 

 s.n. (Holotype GH, n.v.; Isotype US (photos 

 MEXU, PTBG)). 



Spermacoce ocymifolia Willd. ex Roem. & 

 Schult., Syst. Veg. 3: 530. 1819 [as 

 ocimifolia]. Type: WEST INDIES: Without 

 precise locality, Rudolphi s. n. in 1768 

 (presumably B-WI, n.v.). 



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

 1768. Type: Tropical Asia, collector and 

 precise locality unknown (presumably G, 

 n.v.). Note: Spermacoce ocymoides is not 

 known from the Neotropics; however, this 

 name has been applied incorrectly by many 

 authors to tropical American plants 

 representing S. exilis, S. ovalifolia, and S. 



Spermacoce ovalifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) 

 Hemsl., Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59. 1881. 

 Borreria ovalifolia M. Martens & Galeotti, 

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

 Type: MEXICO. Veracruz, Mirador, 5000 ft., 

 H. Galeotti 2609 (Holotype BR, n.v.). 



Spermacoce patula (M. Martens & Galeotti) 

 Hemsl., Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59. 1881. 

 Borreria patula M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. 

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

 MEXICO: Veracruz, Mirador, 3000 ft., H. 



