Category:Houstonia acerosa

**Houstonia acerosa**
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Instance of	taxon;
Common name
	English: needleleaf bluet;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Subkingdom	Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta
Superdivision	Embryophytes
Division	Tracheophytes
Subdivision	Spermatophytes
Order	Gentianales
Family	Rubiaceae
Subfamily	Rubioideae
Tribe	Spermacoceae
Genus	Houstonia
Species	Houstonia acerosa
Taxon author	George Bentham, 1873
Authority file
	Q15462074; NCBI taxonomy ID: 160992; ITIS TSN: 35034; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1095946; GBIF taxon ID: 5338881; Tropicos ID: 27902935; IPNI plant ID: 753313-1; Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew): kew-100306; USDA PLANTS ID: HOAC; iNaturalist taxon ID: 163835; WCSPF ID: 100306; Plants of the World Online ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:753313-1; IRMNG ID: 10204853
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APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Cladus: asterids • Cladus: euasterids I • Ordo: Gentianales • Familia: Rubiaceae • Subfamilia: Rubioideae • Tribus: Spermacoceae • Genus: Houstonia • Species: Houstonia acerosa (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.

Synonyms

Ereicoctis acerosa (A.Gray) Kuntze (from The Plant List)
Hedyotis acerosa A.Gray (preferred by Tropicos) (from The Plant List)
Hedyotis polypremoides var. bigelovii Greenm. (from The Plant List)
Houstonia acerosa var. acerosa (from The Plant List)
Mallostoma acerosum (A.Gray) Hemsl. (from The Plant List)
Oldenlandia acerosa (A.Gray) A.Gray (from The Plant List)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Houstonia acerosa']

English: needleleaf bluet

Included varieties (for Catalogue of Life & Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 8 October 2020):

H. a. var. acerosa, H. a. var. polypremoides, H. a. var. tamaulipana

Included varieties (for The Plant List, 8 October 2020):

H. a. var. polypremoides, H. a. var. tamaulipana

Note: only subspecies listed as 'Accepted'

Included subspecies (for Tropicos, 8 October 2020):

H. a. subsp. polypremoides

Note: Plus varietas Houstonia acerosa var. acerosa, Houstonia acerosa var. polypremoides, Houstonia acerosa var. tamaulipana. list containing potentially synonyms