Summary
Place of publication:
Icon. pl. rar. 2:t. 329. 1788 ("1786-1793"); Collectanea 2:286. 1789 ("1788") "lanceaefolium"
Comment:
spelling corrected in accordance with Melbourne ICN Art. 60.8 and Rec. 60G
Verified:
11/24/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. 1996
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- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Tortola | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. John | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | St. Thomas | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Oaxaca]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola], Virgin Islands (U.S.) [St. John, St. Thomas]
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
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=100422.
Accessed 16 December 2025.