⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-23392, with some changes.

Borreria stachydea var. phyllocephala (DC.) Hepper is a synonym of Spermacoce stachydea DC.

This name is a synonym of Spermacoce stachydea DC..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 23392) with original publication details: Kew Bull. 14: 256 1960.