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Spermacoce thymocephala (shrubby false buttonweed)

Synonyms: Borreria thymocephala (homotypic)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Spermacoce thymocephala

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Crypticerya genistae[3]
Rastrococcus invadens (Mango mealybug)[3]
Spinus cucullatus (Red Siskin)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4Red Siskin, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0