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(Last Modified On 9/5/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/5/2013)
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Genus
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Hemidiodia Schum.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(6): 29. 1888.
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Note
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TYPE: Spermacoce ocim- ifolia Willd. = Hemidiodia ocimifolia (Willd.) Schum.
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Description
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Perennial herbs, often woody and profusely branching from the base. Leaves narrow, the veins conspicuous; stipules adnate to the petioles, forming a setif- erous sheath. Inflorescences axillary, epedunculate, the flowers fasciculate. Flowers with the calycine lobes 4; corolla funnelform, the lobes 4, valvate; sta- mens attached near the mouth, exserted. Fruits of 2 mericarps separating at maturity from a median septum, opening basally.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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extends from Mexico to South America. It also occurs in the West Indies and in Malaya.
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Reference
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Bremekamp, C. 1934. Diodia (Gronov.) L. in Notes on the Rubiaceae of Suri- nam. Rec. Bot. Neerl. 31: 305.
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