Byrsonima verbascifoliaRich. ex Juss.

WFO wfo-0000577076 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Paul Prior
fig. a Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-01-26 / obs. 31065329
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. b Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5529055
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. c Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160897344
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Leonardo Bergamini
fig. d Leonardo Bergamini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165389197
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. e Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160897270
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Giovanni Marques de Castro
fig. f Giovanni Marques de Castro, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4856356
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. g Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160897298
Byrsonima verbascifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. h Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160897322

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Byrsonima verbascifolia is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Byrsonima verbascifolia, 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
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

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 22 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.

  • Byrsonima crassifolia Steud.
  • Byrsonima latifolia Krulik
  • Byrsonima pachyphylla Griseb.
  • Byrsonima spathulifolia Kralik
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia f. brasiliensis Nied.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia f. discolor Griseb.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia f. leiocarpa Nied.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia f. spathulata Nied.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia subsp. discolor Griseb.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia subsp. villosa (Griseb.) Nied.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. angustifolia A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. denudata Cuatrec.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. discolor Griseb.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. intermedia A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. latifolia A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. leiocarpa Griseb.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. paraguayensis Chodat
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. petiolata A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. spatulifolia A.Juss.
  • Byrsonima verbascifolia var. villosa Griseb.
  • Malpighia bicolor Mart. ex A.Juss.
  • Malpighia verbascifolia L.

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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