EPPO Global Database

Spermacoce prostrata(SPCPR)

Overview
Code created in: 2013-03-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SPCPR
  • Preferred name: Spermacoce prostrata
  • Authority: Aublet

Notes

USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Introduced in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Vietnam), China (including Taiwan)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Borreria prostrata (Aublet) Miquel
Borreria ramisparsa de Candolle
Spermacoce ramisparsa (de Candolle) Hiern

Common names
Name Language
prostrate false buttonweed English
spermacocée étalée French
pú fú fēng huā cǎo Chinese
匍匐丰花草 Chinese