identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039F9F50187DFF9DFC96FC2DC28D78E0.text	039F9F50187DFF9DFC96FC2DC28D78E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spermacoce bequaertii (de Wild.) Verdc.	<div><p>Spermacoce bequaertii (de Wild.) Verdc.</p><p>Spermacoce bequaertii (de Wild.) Verdc.(1975) 305. — Borreria bequaertii de Wild. (1932) 432. — Type: Bequaert 7673 (holo BR![BR0000008194701]; iso BR![BR0000006728007],K!), Democratic Republic of Congo, Territoire Kinshasa, Léopoldville (= Kinshasa).</p><p>[ Borreria tetradon K.Schum.(1900) 322, nom.nud. — Based on: Schlechter 12475 (BR![BR0000008204813],K!, P![P00462479]), Democratic Republic of Congo, Dolo.]</p><p>Perennial herb with woody plant base and woody taproot; stems 15–35 cm tall, rather unbranched, red-brown,4-ribbed,glabrous. Leaves decussate, sessile, fused with stipule base; blades lin- ear, 1.5–8 by 0.1–0.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely beset with short hairs above; apex acute; base slightly narrowed; leaf margins revolute,glabrous;main vein glabrous;secondary veins obscure, glabrous. Stipules fimbriate; basal part 1.5–5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely to densely beset with short hairs; fimbriae usually 3, c. 2–9 mm long, colleter-tipped. Inflorescences terminal and often axillary at 1 or 2 successive lower nodes, 0.7–1.5 cm diam, each inflorescence with 2 or 4 supporting leaves with stipules of supporting leaves often broadened and forming a cup around the developing flowers; bracts stipuliform with numerous setae c. 1–3 mm long. Flowers shortly pedicellate or sessile, arranged in many-flowered capitula. Calyx tube reduced to a rim; lobes 4, very short, 0.25–0.5 mm long in flowering stage, margins beset with short hairs. Corolla white; tube cylindrical, sometimes funnel-shaped at the upper part, 0.5–3 mm long, glabrous outside, a ring of hairs at 2/3 of the base inside; corolla lobes narrowly triangular to narrowly ovoid, 1–3 mm long, glabrous inside and outside or sparsely pubescent outside. Anthers ellipsoid, 0.7–1.2 mm long, well exserted; filaments 0.7–5 mm long. Pollen 8-zonocolporate, suboblate to spheroidal; mean equatorial diameter (E) 40–45 µm; polar outline circular, slightly lobed; ectocolpi short and relatively broad; endoaperture an indistinct endocingulum; tectum perforate, granules or micro- spines uniformly present; inner nexine surface granular with numerous endocracks. Ovary ellipsoid to obovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, pubescent above; style 2–10 mm long, well exserted, glabrous; stigma capitate, c. 0.2 mm diam, papillose; nectary disc bipartite. Capsule ellipsoid to obovoid, c. 1.5–2 by 1–1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent above, crowned with the persistent calyx lobes; dehiscence septicidally and loculicidally in the upper part, remnants of the septum remaining attached to the valves. Seeds unknown (seeds not fully mature).</p><p>Key to the subspecies</p><p>1. Mature flowers larger: corolla tube 2–3 mm long, with a ring of hairs inside at 2/3 of the base; corolla lobes 2–3 mm long; filaments 3–5 mm long; style 6–10 mm long........................................ a. subsp. bequaertii</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F9F50187DFF9DFC96FC2DC28D78E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Kok, R. P. J. de;Dessein, S.	Kok, R. P. J. de, Dessein, S. (2023): A new subspecies of Spermacoce bequaertii (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). Blumea 68 (1): 63-65, DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2023.68.01.06, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2023.68.01.06
039F9F50187FFF9EFFD9FE6BC6567A59.text	039F9F50187FFF9EFFD9FE6BC6567A59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spermacoce bequaertii subsp. brevituba Dessein 2023	<div><p>b. subsp. brevituba Dessein, subsp. nov. — Fig. 1c; Map 1</p><p>This subspecies differs from the typical subspecies in having smaller mature flowers (corolla tube 0.5–0.7 mm long, lobes 1–1.5 mm long; filaments 0.7–1.5 mm long; style 2–3 mm long) with a glabrous corolla tube inside. While the typical subspecies has larger mature flowers (corolla tube 2–3 mm long, lobes 2–3 mm long; filaments 3–5 mm long; style 6–10 mm long) with a corolla tube with a ring of hairs inside at 2/3 of the base. — Type: Devred 1866 (holo BR![BR0000008190352]), Democratic Republic of Congo, Kahemba-Vallée, Lutshima-Kwango (for paratypes see below) .</p><p>Inflorescences up to 0.7 cm diam. Corolla: tube cylindrical, 0.5– 0.7 mm long, glabrous inside; lobes c. 1–1.5 mm long. Anthers ellipsoid, 0.7–0.9 mm long; filaments c. 0.7–1.5 mm long. Style 2–3 mm long.</p><p>Distribution — Known only from the southern part of the Kasai district in the Democratic Republic of Congo.</p><p>Habitat &amp; Ecology — Grasslands and woodlands. Flowering: November to April; fruiting: unknown.</p><p>Other representative specimens (Paratypes). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Callens 2287 (BR), Kasai, Entre Manzengele et Kibabu [?= Kibubu]; Devred 1555 (BR), Vallée Lini .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F9F50187FFF9EFFD9FE6BC6567A59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Kok, R. P. J. de;Dessein, S.	Kok, R. P. J. de, Dessein, S. (2023): A new subspecies of Spermacoce bequaertii (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae). Blumea 68 (1): 63-65, DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2023.68.01.06, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2023.68.01.06
