Summary
Place of publication:
Misc. austriac. 2:298. 1781-1782
Verified:
11/05/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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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 | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amapa | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Ceara | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhao | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Roraima | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | Bocas del Toro | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amapa, Amazonas, Ceara, Maranhao, Roraima]
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CARIBBEAN:
Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
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MESOAMERICA:
Panama [Bocas del Toro]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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=101399.
Accessed 16 December 2025.