Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:187. 1753
Verified:
10/29/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 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 | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | | South America | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Tamaulipas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Naturalized
Southern America
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=457845.
Accessed 16 December 2025.