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Taxon: Borreria alata (Aubl.) DC.

Synonym of Spermacoce alata Aubl.

Genus: Borreria
Family: Rubiaceae
Nomen number: 317173
Place of publication: Prodr 5:544. 1830
Name verified on: 19-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Sep-2008
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

THIS NAME HAS BEEN USED FOR A SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
Has been used for a declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents (see accepted name for other GRIN data):
FL*, PR*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.

References:

  • Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru) [accepts].
  • Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. (L Guiana Shield) [accepts].
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [accepts].
  • Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. (WorldWeeds) [accepts].
  • Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay) [accepts].
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Check other databases for Borreria alata (Aubl.) DC.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?317173 (21 November 2009)

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