Myrospermum frutescens Jacq. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Myrospermum frutescens Jacq.

Summary

Genus:

Myrospermum

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Sophoreae

Nomen number:

24870

Place of publication:

Enum. syst. pl. 20. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 120, t. 174, fig. 34. 1763)

Verified:

11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Howard, R. A. 1973. The Enumeratio and Selectarum of Nicolaus von Jacquin. J. Arnold Arbor. 54:435-470.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982
Rudd, V. E. 1968. Leguminosae of Mexico - Faboideae I. Sophoreae and Podalyrieae. Rhodora 70:505.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	St. Croix
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	St. Thomas
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. Croix, St. Thomas]
MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24870. Accessed 1 May 2026.