Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce scabrisina Harwood
, legitimate, scientific
[Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4)]:
359, Fig 31
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Claravale Road, NT, 18.iii.1999, R.K. Harwood 610; holo: DNA; iso: BR, BRI, CANB, K, L, MEL, PERTH, SI.
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Etymology:
Latin scabri- (rough, scabrous) and sinus (recess, bay), because of the dense patch of often scabrid hairs near the base of the sinus between any two corolla lobes.