Meyer, G.F.W. (1818), Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis: 79, t. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 8473). Base name for SPERMACOCE sect. BORRERIA (G.Meyer) Verdc. See note by J.E.Senaratna, Ceylon J. Sci. 12 (1945) 167 on SPERMACOCE L. and BORRERIA G.Meyer.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 438 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce L. legitimate

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1891), Rubiaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 4(64): 144 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. (1962), The nomenclature of some Borreria species from Northern Australia. Kew Bulletin 16(2): 239-240 [secondary reference]

Verdcourt, B. (1975), New sectional names in Spermacoce and a new tribe Virectarieae (Rubiaceae). Kew Bulletin 30(2): 366 [basionym]

basionym of: Spermacoce sect. Borreria (G.Mey.) Verdc. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 188 [secondary reference]

Voss, E.G. (1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111: 414 [secondary reference]

• Type: Borreria suaveolens G.Meyer, typ. cons.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 67 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce L. legitimate

Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 320 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce L. legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spermacoce L. legitimate

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