Spermacoce terminalis (Small) Kartesz & Gandhi
Everglades false buttonweed, Everglades Key false buttonweed
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Borreria terminalis Small
4/12/2015 · Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 12 cm) 
4/12/2015 · Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 6 × 6″ (14 × 15 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Gentianales | Gentians, coffee, gardenias, frangipani, many others |
| Family | Rubiaceae | Coffee, madder, and bedstraw family |
| Genus | Spermacoce | From Greek sperma, ”seed,“ and koke, ”a grain“ or ”a small seed.“ The species is dedicated to the Brazilian Botanist Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz |
| Species | terminalis |
Spermacoce terminalis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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