Spermacoce

Accepted species 291 Documented here 26 Family Rubiaceae

Accepted species 291 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Spermacoce verticillata L. 540 documented
Spermacoce remota Lam. 511 documented
Spermacoce brachystema R.Br. ex Benth. 53 documented
Spermacoce natalensis Hochst. 47 documented
Spermacoce articularis L.f. 40 documented
Spermacoce latifolia Aubl. 34 documented
Spermacoce dasycephala (Cham. & Schltdl.) Delprete 33 documented
Spermacoce glabra Michx. 27 documented
Spermacoce ocymifolia Willd. 27 documented
Spermacoce neoterminalis Govaerts 26 documented
Spermacoce confusa Rendle 18 documented
Spermacoce exilis (L.O.Williams) C.D.Adams ex W.C.Burger & C.M.Taylor 15 documented
Spermacoce dibrachiata Oliv. 11 documented
Spermacoce pusilla Wall. 11 documented
Spermacoce densiflora (DC.) Alain 10 documented
Spermacoce prostrata Aubl. 10 documented
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. 9 documented
Spermacoce senensis (Klotzsch) Hiern 6 documented
Spermacoce suaveolens (G.Mey.) Kuntze 6 documented
Spermacoce chartensis (Standl.) Govaerts 5 documented
Spermacoce hispida L. 5 documented
Spermacoce alata Aubl. 4 documented
Spermacoce filifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork 4 documented
Spermacoce nesiotica (B.L.Rob.) G.A.Levin 4 documented
Spermacoce stachydea DC. 4 documented
Spermacoce tenuior L. 4 documented
Spermacoce brownii Rusby 2 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce oronocensis Willd. 2 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce octodon (Hepper) Hakki 1 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ovalifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. 1 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce riparia Cham. & Schltdl. 1 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce adscendens Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aequabilis Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce affinis (DC.) R.M.Salas 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce amapaensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce angustifolia (Span.) Boerl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce annua Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aprica (Hiern) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aquatica Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aretioides (Griseb.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce argentea (Cham.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce argillacea Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aristeguietiana (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce arvensis (Hiern) R.D.Good 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce aurantiiseta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce auriculata F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce azurea Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bahamensis (Britton) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bahiana (E.L.Cabral) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce baileyana Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bambusicola (Berhaut) J.-P.Lebrun & Stork 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bangweolensis (R.E.Fr.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bequaertii (De Wild.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce berteroana Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bisepala Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bolivarensis (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brachyantha Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brachysepala (Urb.) Alain 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brachystemonoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce bradei (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brassii Gideon 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brevicilia Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brevidens Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce breviflora F.Muell. ex Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce brittonii (Standl.) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce buchneri (K.Schum.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce buckleyi Fosberg 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce burchellii (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce burmanni DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce calliantha Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce capillaris (Correll) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce capitata Ruiz & Pav. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cardiophora Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cassuangensis R.D.Good 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cataractarum (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce caudata Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cerradoana (E.L.Cabral, R.M.Salas & J.D.Soto) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce chaetocephala DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce clinopodioides (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce confertifolia (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce congensis (Bremek.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce congestanthera Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce constricta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce crispata (K.Schum.) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cristulata Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce cupularis (DC.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce debilis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce decipiens (K.Schum.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce decurrens Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce delicatula (E.L.Cabral) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce deserti N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce dimorpha (J.H.Kirkbr.) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce discreta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce dispersa (Hook.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce divaricata (Hook.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce diversistyla Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce dolichosperma Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce dussii (Standl.) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce egleri (Sucre & C.G.Costa) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce elaiosoma Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce erectiloba Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce erioclada DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce erosa Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce eryngioides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce erythrosepala Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce evenia (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce everistiana Fosberg 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce exasperata Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce fabiformis Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce felis-insulae (Correll) R.A.Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce filiformis Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce filituba (K.Schum.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce flagelliformis Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce fruticosa (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce galeopsidis DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce garuensis (K.Krause) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce gibba Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce gilliesiae (Specht) J.R.Clarkson 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce gracillima (DC.) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce graniticola Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce guimaraesensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce hepperiana Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce heteromorpha Dessein 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce hillii (Chippend.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce hockii (De Wild.) Dessein 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce huillensis (Hiern) R.D.Good 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce humifusa Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce hyssopifolia Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce inaguensis (Britton) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce inaperta F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce incognita (E.L.Cabral) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce inconspicua Bartl. ex DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce intricans (Hepper) H.M.Burkill 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce intricata (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ipecacuana Larrañaga 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce irwiniana (E.L.Cabral) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ivorensis Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce jacobsonii F.M.Bailey 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce jaliscensis M.E.Jones 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce jangouxii (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce johnwoodii (E.L.Cabral & R.M.Salas) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce juncta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce keyensis Small 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce kirkii (Hiern) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce laevicaulis Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce laevigata F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce lagunensis (M.E.Jones) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce lamprosperma Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce lancea (Hiern) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce lasiocarpa R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce latimarginata Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce latituba (K.Schum.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ledermannii (K.Krause) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce leptoloba Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce lignosa Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce limae (Sucre) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce linearifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce linoides (DC.) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce litoralis (Urb.) Alain 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce longiseta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce loretiana (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce macrantha Reinw. ex Korth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce macrocephala (Standl. & Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce malabarica (Sivar. & Manilal) Sivar., R.V.Nair & Kunju 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce malacophylla (K.Schum.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce manikensis Dessein 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce manillensis Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce marginata Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce marticrovettiana (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce matanzasia (Urb.) Borhidi 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce melochioides (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce membranacea R.Br. ex Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce meyeniana Walp. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce microcephala A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce milnei Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce minutiflora (K.Schum.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce mitracarpoides Miq. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce multibracteata (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce multicaulis Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce multiflora (DC.) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce nana Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce neesiana Schult. & Schult.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce nelidae (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce neohispida Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce neotenuis Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce nigricans Herter 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce noronhensis (Sucre) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce obscura DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce occidentalis Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce occultiseta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce oligantha Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce omissa J.R.Clarkson 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ostenii (Standl.) E.L.Cabral & Florentín 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce paganuccii E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce paolii (Chiov.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce papuana F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce paraensis (Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce paranaensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce parviceps (Ridl.) I.M.Turner 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pauciflora Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce paulista (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pazensis (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce perangusta (S.Moore) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce perennis Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce perpusilla (Hook.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pessima Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce petraea (Pires-O'Brien) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce phaeosperma Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce phalloides Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce phyteuma Schweinf. ex Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce phyteumoides Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pilifera Bacigalupo 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pilulifera (Ridl.) I.M.Turner 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce platyloba Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce poaya A.St.-Hil. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pogostoma Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pohliana Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce polyphylla Vell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce princeae (K.Schum.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce protrusa Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pulchristipula (Bremek.) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pumila (Span.) Boerl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce pumilio (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce quadrifaria (E.L.Cabral) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce quadrisulcata (Bremek.) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce radiata (DC.) Sieber ex Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce redacta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce reflexa (J.H.Kirkbr.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce resinosula Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce reticulata Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce retitesta Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rosea (Urb.) Alain 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rosmarinifolia (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rotundifolia (Andersson) Fosberg 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rubescens (Colla) P.L.R.Moraes & De Smedt 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rubricaulis C.Wright 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce ruelliae DC. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce runkii (K.Schum.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce rupicola Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce samfya Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce santacruciana (Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce savannarum (Britton) Howard 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce scaberrima Blume 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce scabiosoides (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce scabrisina Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce schlechteri K.Schum. ex Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce schumanniana (Taub. ex Ule) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce schumannii (Standl. ex Bacigalupo) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce scortechinii Gand. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce semiamplexicaulis (E.L.Cabral) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce semierecta Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce serpyllifolia Willd. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce setidens (Miq.) Boerl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce sexangularis Aubl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce siberiana (E.L.Cabral & R.M.Salas) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce simplicicaulis (K.Schum. ex Sucre) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce sociata (Span.) Boerl. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce somalica (K.Schum.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce spermacocina (K.Schum.) Bridson & Puff 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce sphaerostigma (A.Rich.) Oliv. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce spruceana Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce squamosa (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce stenophylla F.Muell. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce stigmatosa Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce stipularis Dessein 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce strumpfioides (C.Wright ex Griseb.) C.Wright 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce suberecta (Hook.f.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce subvulgata (K.Schum.) J.G.García 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce sulcata (Bacigalupo) M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce suprahila Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce taylorii Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce tectanthera Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce tenuissima Hiern 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce terminaliflora R.D.Good 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce tetraquetra A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce thymifolia (Griseb.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce thymocephala (Griseb.) C.Wright 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce thymoidea (Hiern) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce tocantinsiana (E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce trichosiphonia Harwood 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce uniseta F.M.Bailey 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce valens (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce velascoana (E.L.Cabral, R.M.Salas & J.D.Soto) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce viridiflora (Hassl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce vulpina (Standl.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce warmingii (K.Schum.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce weygaertii Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce wunschmannii (K.Schum.) Kuntze 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce wurdackii (Steyerm.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce xanthophylla (Bremek.) Govaerts 0 below the evidence gate
Spermacoce zollingeriana (Miq.) Boerl. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

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So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.