Spermacoce glabra

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Family:	RUBIACEAE
Species:	Spermacoce glabra Michaux
Common Name:	Smooth False Buttonweed
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	**
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	SPGL2
Plant Notes:	**
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native, FACW (NWI)
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	RUBIACEAE - Madder/Coffee family
Genus	Spermacoce
Species	Spermacoce glabra Michaux - Smooth False Buttonweed

Citation

Citation	SPERMACOCE GLABRA Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 82. 1803.
Basionym:	**
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Spermacoce chapmanii	Spermacoce chapmanii Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 27. 1841.		FLORIDA: Gadsden Co.: Aspalaga, s.d., Chapman s.n. (holotype: NY).
Spermacoceodes glabra	Spermacoceodes glabra (Michaux) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 123. 1898.	Spermacoce glabra Michaux 1803.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Calhoun, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Escambia, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Lawrence, Madison, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
20828	Marengo	28 AUG 1969	MOORE, HAROLD D. 680-69	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
UWAL0037909	Clarke	03 Aug 1972	LeLong, Michel G. 6708	UWAL Spermacoce glabra Michaux
JSU132815	Lawrence	12 Aug 1974	R. D. Whetstone 3571	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
TROY000043657	Lawrence	25 Jul 2015	J. Kevin England 5537	TROY Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UNA00043935	Mobile	s.d.	Charles Mohr s.n.	UNA Spermacoce glabra Michx.
72136	Marengo	2 JUN 2012	ENGLAND, J. KEVIN 3518	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
61106	Choctaw	23 JUN 1994	CROUCH, VIRGINIA E. 1081	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
JSU139241	Madison	13 Jul 1996	D. D. Spaulding 9052	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
USAM000014073	Baldwin	25 Oct 1980	Michael G. LeLong 11775	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UNA00043934	Wilcox	9 Sep 1982	S. C. Gunn 1294	UNA Spermacoce glabra Michx.
JSU132810	Baldwin	9 Jul 2000	D. D. Spaulding 10779	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
JSU132816	Monroe	12 Sep 1997	R. D. Whetstone 18580	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
JSU132811	Escambia	26 Sep 1985	R. D. Whetstone 15239	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UNA00043939	Hale	17 Jul 1965	Sherrie E. Maginness 49	UNA Spermacoce glabra Michx.
5966	Calhoun	16 JUL 1898	ANDREWS, ELIZABETH F.	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
TROY000008792	Monroe	17 Sep 2007	Alvin R. Diamond 18123	TROY Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UWAL0003961	Monroe	17 Sep 2007	Diamond, A.R. 18123	UWAL Spermacoce glabra L.
JSU132813	Lawrence	12 Aug 1974	T. A. Atkinson 659	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
JSU132814	Lawrence	12 Aug 1974	R. D. Whetstone 3571	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
67378	Madison	6 JUN 2007	SPAULDING, DANIEL D. 12651	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
39426	Wilcox	9 SEP 1982	GUNN, SCOTT C. 1294	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
USAM000014074	Washington	25 Oct 1980	Michael G. LeLong 11760	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
USAM000014076	Greene	15 Jun 1978	Michael G. LeLong 10326	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
TROY000028528	Madison	06 Jun 2007	Daniel D. Spaulding 12651	TROY Spermacoce glabra Michaux
USAM000014071	Baldwin	25 Oct 1980	Michael G. LeLong 11784	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
37594	Baldwin	7 OCT 1981	HENDERSON, T. 723	AUA SPERMACOCE GLABRA MICHAUX
UWAL0030256	Lawrence	25 Jul 2015	England, J. Kevin 5537	UWAL Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UWAL0014556	Marengo	02 Jun 2012	England, J. Kevin 3518	UWAL Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UWAL0003960	Madison	06 Jun 2007	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12651	UWAL Spermacoce glabra L.
TROY000043642	Marengo	02 Jun 2012	J. Kevin England 3518	TROY Spermacoce glabra Michaux
JSU132812	Franklin	6 Aug 1993	J. M. Ballard 3160	JSU Spermacoce glabra Michaux
USAM000014077	Clarke	03 Aug 1972	Michael G. LeLong 6708	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
USAM000014075	Washington	25 Oct 1980	Michael G. LeLong 11764	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux
UWAL0003959	Covington	20 Aug 1981	Kral, R. 67806	UWAL Spermacoce glabra L.
UWAL0003958	Baldwin	02 Jun 2007	Keener, Brian R. 3635	UWAL Spermacoce glabra L.
USAM000014072	Baldwin	25 Oct 1980	Michael G. LeLong 11784	USAM Spermacoce glabra Michaux

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For more information, contact: Brian R. Keener, Ph.D.

Data last modified: 4/19/2019

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Citation Information:

Keener, B. R., A.R. Diamond, L. J. Davenport, P. G. Davison, S. L. Ginzbarg, C. J. Hansen, C. S. Major, D. D. Spaulding, J. K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2019. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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