Exallage auricularia

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Exallage
Species: Exallage auricularia

Exallage auricularia (L.) Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 142 (1952).

• Basionym
  • Hedyotis auricularia L., Sp. Pl.: 101 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Dimetia auricularia (L.) R.J.Wang, Phytotaxa 414: 123 (2019).
  • Metabolos auricularius (L.) Blume ex Bremek., Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 56: 439 (1939).
  • Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(4): 25 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Hedyotis auricularia var. brevipila Fosberg & Sachet, Allertonia 6: 208 (1991)
  • Hedyotis auricularia var. dispersa Fosberg & Sachet, Allertonia 6: 208 (1991)
  • Hedyotis auricularia var. longipila Fosberg & Sachet, Allertonia 6: 209 (1991)
  • Hedyotis auricularia var. mina W.C.Ko, Fl. Hainan. 3: 578 (1974)
  • Hedyotis auricularia var. tomentella Fosberg & Sachet, Allertonia 6: 210 (1991)
  • Hedyotis auricularia subsp. venosa (Blume) Deb, Fl. Tripura State 2: 52 (1983)
  • Hedyotis costata R.Br. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 526 (1834)
  • Hedyotis crataeogonum Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 35 (1815)
  • Hedyotis geniculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 368 (1820)
  • Hedyotis hirsuta Lam., Encycl. 3: 79 (1789)
  • Hedyotis lianshanensis W.C.Ko, J. S. China Agric. Univ. 16(4): 41 (1995)
  • Hedyotis multicaulis Schltdl. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 59 (1880)
  • Hedyotis nervosa Lam., Encycl. 3: 79 (1789)
  • Hedyotis sarmentosa Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 278 (1931)
  • Hedyotis venosa (Blume) Korth., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(2): 160 (1851)
  • Metabolos ciliaris Blume ex Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 182 (1857)
  • Metabolos venosus Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 991 (1826)
  • Oldenlandia auricularia var. macrophylla Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 104 (1922)
  • Oldenlandia crataeogonum (Spreng.) Guillaumin, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 160 (1915)
  • Oldenlandia leopoldvillensis De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 427 (1932)
  • Spermacoce hispida Miq. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 59 (1880), not validly publ.
  • Spermacoce lineata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 375 (1820)

• Bremekamp, C.E.B. 1952. The African species of Oldenlandia L. sensu Hiern et K. Schumann. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde, Tweede Sect. 48(2): 1-297. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Exallage auricularia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Exallage auricularia. Published online. Accessed: 11. Oct. 2025. Reference page.

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