Characteristics
Dicots
Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.
TROPICAL GIRDLEPOD
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Not Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
GENTIANALES
Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC. - TROPICAL GIRDLEPOD
Citation
MITRACARPUS HIRTUS (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 572. 1830.
Spermacoce hirta Linnaeus 1762.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 125.8). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 30: 318. 1975.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
 
Bay
FSU
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Columbia
FLAS
 
Escambia
FLAS
 
Flagler
USF
 
Gadsden
FSU
 
Gulf
FSU
 
Hillsborough
USF
 
Holmes
FSU
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Borreria ferruginea
Borreria ferruginia M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 128. 1844, non (A. Saint-Hilaire) de Candolle 1830.
 
TYPE: MEXICO:
Borreria remotifolia
Borreria remotifolia de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 544. 1830.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL:
Diodia villosa
Diodia villosa Mocino & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 562. 1830.
 
TYPE: MEXICO:
Mitracarpus bakeri
Mitracarpus bakeri Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 519. 1908.
 
TYPE: CUBA: Habana: Between La Magdalena and Cayamas, Oct, Baker 3632 (holotype: ?).
Mitracarpus diffusus
Mitracarpus diffusus (Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes) Chamisso & Schlechtendal ex de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 572. 1830.
BASIONYM: Spermacoce diffusa Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes 1818.
 
Mitracarpus hirtus var. remotiflorus
Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) de Candolle, var. remotiflorus K. Schumann, in Martisu, Fl. Bras. 6(6): 85. 1888.
 
TYPE: BRAZIL:
Mitracarpus pallidus
Mitracarpus pallidus Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey Voy. 430. 1840.
 
TYPE: NICARAGUA:
Mitracarpus rudis
Mitracarpus rudis Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 238. 1841.
 
 
Mitracarpus scaber
Mitracarpus scaber Zuccarini, in Schultes & Schultes f., Mant. 3: 210, 399. 1827.
 
 
Mitracarpus schizangius var. angustifolius
Mitracarpus schizangius de Candolle, var. angustifolius Oersted, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhaven 1852(2-4): 29. 1853 ("1852").
 
TYPE: NICARAGUA:
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Mitracarpus hirtus - 295
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 295
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 295
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 98
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 98
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 98
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 270
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 98
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 98
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Mitracarpus hirtus - 60
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