Clitoria mexicanaLink

WFO wfo-0000174046 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Clitoria mexicana, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-08-09 / obs. 23518641
Clitoria mexicana, photographed by Manuel Campos
fig. b Manuel Campos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110779988
Clitoria mexicana, photographed by Ana Nuño
fig. c Ana Nuño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 172223506
Clitoria mexicana, photographed by Ana Nuño
fig. d Ana Nuño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 170949629

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
6469
Filed as
Clitoria mexicana Link
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
G. B. Hinton 1937-12-14
Origin
MX
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Clitoria mexicana is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Clitoria mexicana, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
El Salvador ELS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN

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 1 synonym

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.

  • Clitoria mariana Benth.

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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