Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce brevicilia Harwood , legitimate, scientific
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 327-328, Fig 19 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Cox Peninsula, NT, 26.v.2001, R.K. Harwood 1091; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH.
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: Latin brevi- (short) and cilium (hair on margin), because the hair-like outgrowths on the margin of the appendages are shorter than those on the appendages of S. calliantha, the species it is most similar to.