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492.0000 Family Rubiaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 196 (1789), nom. cons.
589 genera, ca. 14.200 spp. mostly tropics, comparably few temperate. Phylogeny: Razafimandimbison & Rydin (2024)
Species listed in database: 14370; hybrids: 47
= Aparinaceae Hoffmanns. & Link; Fl. Portug. [Hoffmannsegg] 2: 3, 38 (1813-1829)
= Asperulaceae Cham. ex Spenn.; Handb. Angew. Bot. 2: 493 (1835)
= Catesbaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 111 (1820)
= Cephalanthaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 86 (1820)
= Cinchonaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 234 (1802)
= Coffeaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 233 (1802)
= Coutareaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 168 (1820)
= Dialypetalanthaceae Rizzini & Occhioni; Lilloa 17: 253 (1948), nom. cons.
= Galiaceae Lindl.; Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 249 (1836)
= Gardeniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 29, 32 (1829)
= Guettardaceae Batsch; Tab. Affin. Regni Veg. 235 (1802)
= Hameliaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 31 (1835)
= Hedyotidaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 57 (1822)
= Henriqueziaceae Bremek.; Acta Bot. Neerl. 6 (Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 141): 371 (1957)
= Houstoniaceae Raf.; Good Book 21 (1840)
= Hydrophylacaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 318 (1820)
= Lippayaceae Meisn.; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 156, Comm. 112 (1838)
= Lygodisodeaceae Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 123, 207 (1830)
= Naucleaceae Wernham; New Phytol. 11: 225 (1912)
= Nonateliaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 420 (1820)
= Operculariaceae Juss. ex Perleb; Vers. Arzneikr. Pfl. 207 (1818)
= Pagamaeaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Psychotriaceae F.Rudolphi; Syst. Orb. Veg. 49 (1830)
= Randiaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 534 (1820)
= Sabiceaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 555 (1820)
= Spermacoceaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin 256 (1820)
= Theligonaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 15, 17 (1829), nom. cons.
492.3064 Genus Hexasepalum Bartl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 561 (1830)
Distribution: Tropical America, 2 tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 17
= Diodella Small; Fl. Miami [Small] 177 (1913)
= Endopogon Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 54 (1837)
species :
Hexasepalum angustifolium Bartl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 561 (1830)
Distribution: Mexico (Nayarit, Sinaloa)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella crassifolia (Benth.) Borhidi; Rubiác. Mexico 185 (2006)
= Diodia crassifolia Benth.; Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 108 (1845)
species :
Hexasepalum apiculatum (Willd.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 104 (2015)
Name: Stiff buttonweed
Distribution: Angola [I]; Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I]); Mexico (Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas, Tortola); St. Barthélémy; Antigua; Martinique; St. Vincent; Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Mérida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Táchira, Zulia); Guyana; Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazu)
26 ang 63 haw 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA ARU BON CUB CUR HIS MAR PUE SBA STV VEN VIR 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria arida DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 549 (1830)
= Diodella apiculata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Brittonia 57(2): 137 (2005), isonym
= Diodella apiculata (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Delprete; Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. Rubiaceas I: 169 (2004)
= Diodella rigida (Cham. & Schltdl.) Small; Fl. Miami [Small] 177 (1913)
= Diodia angolensis S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 310 (1906)
= Diodia apiculata (Willd.) K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 313 (1888)
= Diodia arenosa DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830). Type: Pohl, Brazil.
= Diodia aspera Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 68 (1914)
= Diodia conferta DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Diodia grandiflora (Spreng.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Diodia latiflora DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Diodia polyseta DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Diodia pulchella Brandegee; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 418 (1924)
= Diodia rigida Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 3: 341 (1828), nom. superfl.
= Diodia rigida var. barbicocca K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 22 (1889)
= Diodia rigida var. buchii Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 8: 687 (1921)
= Diodia rigida var. macrantha K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 22 (1889)
= Diodia rudis Miq.; Linnaea 18: 300 (1845)
= Diodia setigera DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Spermacoce apiculata Willd.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 531 (1818)
= Spermacoce arenosa Pohl ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830), pro syn.
= Spermacoce arida (DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 123 (1898)
= Spermacoce ciliaris Pav. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830), pro syn.
= Spermacoce ciliaris Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 24 (1893)
= Spermacoce conferta Schott ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830), pro syn.
= Spermacoce decidua Bosc ex F.Dietr.; Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 8: 373 (1822)
= Spermacoce grandiflora Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 3: 45 (1822)
= Spermacoce hyssopifolia Sm.; Insects Georgia [Abbott] 1: 75 (1797), nom. rej.
= Spermacoce rigida Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 342 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce rigida Willd.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 531 (1818), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce setosa Willd. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830), pro syn.
= Spermacoce strigosa L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 890 (1759), nom. rej.
species :
Hexasepalum bacigalupoae Cabaña Fader & E.L.Cabral; Eur. J. Taxon. 1075: 3 (2026)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Hexasepalum domingense (DC.) Cabaña Fader & R.M.Salas; Syst. Bot. 41(2): 415 (2016)
Distribution: Dominican Republic
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodia domingensis DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 563 (1830)
= Diodia rigida var. angustissima Urb.; Symb. Antill. [Urban] 3: 387 (1903)
species :
Hexasepalum gardneri (K.Schum.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Delprete; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 104 (2015)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceará, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria gardneri (K.Schum.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Opera Bot. Belg. 7 (2nd Intern. Rubiac. Conf.): 307 (1996)
= Diodella gardneri (K.Schum.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Darwiniana 44(1): 98 (2006)
= Diodia barbeyana Huber; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 325 (1901)
= Diodia gardneri K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 402 (1889)
species :
Hexasepalum lippioides (Griseb.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Delprete; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 104 (2015)
Name: Yerba de garro (Cuba)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella lippioides (Griseb.) Borhidi; Acta Bot. Hung. 51(3-4): 275 (2009)
= Diodia lippioides Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 141 (1866)
= Spermacoce lippioides (Griseb.) M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 292 (1894)
species :
Hexasepalum mello-barretoi (Standl.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Delprete; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 104 (2015)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella mello-barretoi (Standl.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Darwiniana 44(1): 100 (2006)
= Diodia mello-barretoi Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 113 (1940)
species :
Hexasepalum motaviananum Cabaña Fader, J.A.M.Carmo & R.M.Salas; Eur. J. Taxon. 1075: 9 (2026)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Hexasepalum nordestinum Cabaña Fader & E.B.Souza; Syst. Bot. 44(1): 204 (2019)
Distribution: Brazil (Ceará, Piauí)
84 BRA
species :
Hexasepalum radulum (Willd.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 105 (2015)
Name: Rough buttonweed
Distribution: USA [I] (Virginia [I]); Panama; Venezuela (Aragua, Bolívar, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Miranda, Sucre, Táchira, Trujillo); Galápagos; NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceará, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
78 usa 80 PAN 82 VEN 83 GAL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella radula (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Brittonia 57(2): 138 (2005), isonym
= Diodella radula (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Delprete; Fl. Ilustr. Catarin. Rubiaceas I: 174 (2004)
= Diodia muriculata DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830)
= Diodia radula (Willd.) Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 3: 342 (1828)
= Diodia radula subsp. venezuelensis Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 181 (1971)
= Spermacoce radula Willd.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 3: 531 (1818)
species :
Hexasepalum rosmarinifolium (Pohl ex DC.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 105 (2015)
Distribution: Colombia (Casanare); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
82 CLM 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella rosmarinifolia (Pohl ex DC.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral ex Delprete & Cortés-Ballén; Revista Biol. Neotrop. 3(1): 34 (2007)
= Diodia rosmarinifolia Pohl ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830)
species :
Hexasepalum sarmentosum (Sw.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 105 (2015)
Name: Tropical buttonweed; Don tribucio (Cuba), Liane a cornette, Liane-hallier, Liane-macornet (Lesser Antilles)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; SW-Chad; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Singapore [I]; Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas); Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Trinidad; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Huila, Magdalena); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guárico, Miranda, Sucre); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapá, Pará); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAB CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOM SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 42 sng 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria spinosa Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 542 (1830), nom. superfl.
= Diodella sarmentosa (Sw.) Bacigalupo & Cabral ex Borhidi; Rubiác. Mexico 186 (2006)
= Diodia auriculosa Bertol.; Misc. Bot. [Bertoloni] 10: 25 (1850)
= Diodia breviseta Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 424 (1849)
= Diodia littoralis Peyr.; Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 579 (1860)
= Diodia pilosa Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 76 (1827)
= Diodia riparia Sagot ex K.Schum.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(6): 27 (1888)
= Diodia sarmentosa Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 30 (1788)
= Diodia sarmentosa var. bisepala Bremek.; Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 305 (1934)
= Spermacoce pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 553 (1830)
= Spermacoce radula Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 2: 144 (1821), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce spinosa Kölpin; Reise Span. Länd. [Loefling] 264 (1766), nom. superfl.
= Spermacoce spinosa L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 148 (1762), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce suffruticosa L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 890 (1759), nom. rej.
= Tardavel spinosa Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 122 (1916), nom. superfl.
species :
Hexasepalum scandens (Sw.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Delprete; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 105 (2015)
Distribution: Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodella scandens (Sw.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral; Darwiniana 44(1): 104 (2006)
= Diodia ekmanii Alain; Brittonia 20: 160 (1968)
= Diodia perforata Urb.; Ark. Bot. 17(7): 61 (1922)
= Diodia scandens Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 30 (1788)
species :
Hexasepalum serrulatum (P.Beauv.) J.H.Kirkbr. & Delprete; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 9(1): 105 (2015)
Name: Seaside buttonweed
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Mexico (Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas); Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Atlántico)
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BIO CAB CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 26 ANG 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 CUB HIS PUE trt VIR 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Bigelovia commutata Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 404 (1824)
= Borreria commutata (Spreng.) F.Dietr.; Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 15 (1826)
= Diodella serrulata (P.Beauv.) Borhidi; Rubiác. Mexico 186 (2006)
= Diodia maritima Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 95 (1827)
= Diodia maritima var. commutata (Schult.) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 564 (1830)
= Diodia nitens Bello; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 283 (1881)
= Diodia radicans Cham. & Schltdl. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 565 (1830)
= Diodia serrulata (P.Beauv.) G.Taylor; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 220 (1944)
= Spermacoce commutata (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.; Mant. 3 [Schultes & Schultes f.]: 208 (1827)
= Spermacoce garro M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 291 (1894)
= Spermacoce maritima (Thonn.) M.Gómez; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 292 (1894)
= Spermacoce radicans Willd. ex Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 405 (1824), nom. superfl.
= Spermacoce serrulata P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: 39 (1805)
species :
Hexasepalum teres (Walter) J.H.Kirkbr.; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 8: 17 (2014)
Name: Buttonweed, Poorjoe
Distribution: Angola [I]; China [I] (Fujian [I], Shandong [I]); South Korea [I]; USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Bonaire; Curacao; Colombia (Casanare, Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Santander); Isla Margarita; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Aragua, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcón, Guárico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Zulia); Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
26 ang 36 chi 38 kor 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 BON CUB CUR HIS JAM VEN 82 CLM GUY VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borreria shandongensis F.Z.Li & X.D.Chen; Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7(4): 419 (1985)
= Diodella teres (Walter) Small; Fl. Lancaster Co. 271 (1913)
= Diodia incana Aresch.; Kongl. Svenska Freg. Eugenies Resa, Bot. 126 (1910)
= Diodia procumbens Sw. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 562 (1830), pro syn.
= Diodia prostrata Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 30 (1788)
= Diodia prostrata var. longiseta DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 4: 562 (1830)
= Diodia teres f. latifolia Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 186 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Diodia teres f. latior Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 184 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Diodia teres f. leiocarpa Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 187 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Diodia teres subsp. angustata (A.Gray) Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 184 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Diodia teres subsp. prostrata (Sw.) Steyerm.; Acta Bot. Venez. 6: 184 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Diodia teres var. angustata A.Gray; Syn. Fl. N. Amer., ed. 2, 1(2): 35 (1886)
= Diodia teres var. hirsutior Fernald; Rhodora 39: 307 (1937)
= Diodia teres var. hystricina Fernald; Rhodora 39: 307 (1937)
= Diodia teres var. oblongifolia Fernald; Rhodora 43: 646 (1941)
= Diodia teres var. setifera Fernald; Rhodora 39: 307 (1937)
= Diodia teres Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 87 (1788)
= Endopogon pumilum Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 55 (1837)
= Spermacoce diodina Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 82 (1803)
= Spermacoce holmiana Schult. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 618 (1841), pro syn.
= Spermacoce linearis Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic. 23 (1893), nom. illeg.
= Spermacoce shandongensis (F.Z.Li & X.D.Chen) Govaerts; World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2(1-2): 18 (1996)
species :
Hexasepalum vaginale (Benth.) Cabaña Fader & Dessein; Syst. Bot. 41(2): 417 (2016)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Diodia vaginalis Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 424 (1849)
species :
Hexasepalum zappiae E.L.Cabral & Cabaña Fader; Syst. Bot. 41(2): 420 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
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