*Hexasepalum radula (Willdenow) Delprete & J.H. Kirkbride. Habitat: Chrome ore piles and ballast, a waif. Distribution: Native of South America.
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Other Comments: "Reported from chrome ore piles in Newport News in Phytologia (1964): Reed 45917, Nov. 1959 - the only North American occurrence" (Reed 1964; Virginia Botanical Associates 2019).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Cabaña Fader et al (2019); = Diodella radula (Willd.) Bacigalupo & E.L.Cabral — Bacigalupo & Cabral (1999); = Diodia radula (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Cham. & Schltdl. — Meso4.2; = Hexasepalum radulum (Willd.) Delprete & J.H.Kirkbr. — K4, Kirkbride & Delprete (2015), orthographic error; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Spermacoce radula Willd. 1818
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