Ernodea littoralis
| Ernodea littoralis | |
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| Ernodea littoralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiospermae |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rubioideae |
| Tribe: | Spermacoceae[1] |
| Genus: | Ernodea |
| Species: | E. littoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ernodea littoralis Sw. | |
Ernodea littoralis, the golden creeper, beech creeper, coughweed, or coughbush, is a species of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, endemic to Central America and the Caribbean region. It is a vine-like ground cover, 1 to 3 feet in height, with small, light green, succulent leaves on long, curving, bright red branches, and pinkish white, tubular flowers succeeded by golden berries.
Synonyms
- Ernodea angusta
References
- ↑ "Genus Ernodea". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- University of Florida fact sheet
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Wildflower.org entry
- Vivian Negron-Ortiz and R. James Hickey, "The Genus Ernodea (Rubiaceae) in the Caribbean Basin. II. Morphological Analyses and Systematics", Systematic Botany, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1996), pp. 445-458.
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