Brunfelsia pauciflora(Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.

WFO wfo-0001019884 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. a Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-17 / obs. 169278938
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. b Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97231871
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Guillermo J. Fadul R.
fig. c Guillermo J. Fadul R., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52410338
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by botanygirl
fig. d botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13575669
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106521372
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Greg III Espera
fig. f Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191459674
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Emily Abrego
fig. g Emily Abrego, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170727860
Brunfelsia pauciflora, photographed by Joel Trejos
fig. h Joel Trejos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 170703616

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Brunfelsia pauciflora is native: Brazil South, Brazil Southeast Brazil SouthBrazil Southeast
Native distribution of Brunfelsia pauciflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil South BZS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Southeast BZL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Besleria inodora Vell.
  • Brunfelsia calycina Benth.
  • Brunfelsia calycina var. calycina
  • Brunfelsia calycina var. eximia (Scheidw.) L.H.Bailey & Raffill
  • Brunfelsia calycina var. floribunda L.H.Bailey & Raffill
  • Brunfelsia calycina var. lindeniana (Planch.) Raffill
  • Brunfelsia calycina var. macrantha (Lem.) L.H.Bailey & Raffill
  • Brunfelsia eximia (Scheidw.) Bosse
  • Brunfelsia lindeniana (Planch.) G.Nicholson
  • Brunfelsia lindeniana (Planch.) N.E.Br.
  • Brunfelsia pauciflora var. calycina (Benth.) J.A.Schmidt
  • Brunfelsia pauciflora var. pauciflora
  • Franciscea calycina (Benth.) Miers
  • Franciscea calycina (Benth.) Hook.
  • Franciscea calycina (Benth.) Miers
  • Franciscea eximia Scheidw. ex Moore & Ayres
  • Franciscea lindeniana Planch.
  • Franciscea macrantha Lem.
  • Franciscea pauciflora Cham. & Schltdl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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