Characteristics
Dicots
Borreria terminalis Small
EVERGLADES KEY FALSE BUTTONWEED
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Sometimes confused with or treated as a synonym of the non-native S. verticillata (Wunderlin 1979; Herndon 1987). Sometimes placed in a related genus, it has been known as Spermacoce neoterminalis.
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Citation
BORRERIA TERMINALIS Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 387. 1924.
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FLORIDA: Miami-Dade Co.: Everglade Keys, about Ross Hammock, 23 Jun 1915, Small 6502 (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Kartesz & Gandhi, Brittonia 44: 370. 1992.
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Borreria terminalis
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