Rubiaceae Juss.
Spermacoce pogostoma Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 440 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "N. Australia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller; Amity Creek (M'Douall Stuart?) Herb. F. Muell."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 76 [secondary reference]
Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1891), Rubiaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 4(64): 144 [basionym]
basionym of: Borreria pogostoma (Benth.) K.Schum. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Spermacoce. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 928, Fig. 285H [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Borreria pogostoma (Benth.) K.Schum. legitimate
Harwood, R. & Dessein, S. (20 May 2005), Australian Spermacoce (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). 1 Northern Territory. Australian Systematic Botany 18(4): 353-354, Figs 3D, 9G-H, 10G-I, 29 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller; Amity Creek (McDouall Stuart?) Herb. F. Muell.
  • Lectotype: Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller; K; isolectotype: MEL647632; excluded syntype: Amity Creek (McDowall Stuart?) Herb. F. Muell.; MEL647633.
nomenclatural synonym: Borreria pogostoma (Benth.) K.Schum. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Borreria pogostoma (Benth.) K.Schum. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spermacoce pogostoma Benth. var. pogostoma legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]