Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 500c. 1849
Verified:
05/12/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012
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- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
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Common names
English
cigar-flower – cigar-flower-plant – firecracker-bush – firecracker-plant – Mexican cigarplant – German
Zigarettenblümchen – Portuguese (Brazil)
cúfea – chispa – cigarro-aceso – flor-de-Santo-Antônio – Swedish
cigarettglöd –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 3 | Adventive | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Oaxaca]
Cultivated
()
Adventive
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Naturalized
Africa
-
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Reunion
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12633.
Accessed 8 January 2025.