Corchorus orinocensisKunth

WFO wfo-0000620129 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Corchorus orinocensis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. a Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / 2014-03-17 / obs. 174169135
Corchorus orinocensis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. b Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174169063
Corchorus orinocensis, photographed by E. Goossen
fig. c E. Goossen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92531607
Corchorus orinocensis, photographed by E. Goossen
fig. d E. Goossen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92531621

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Corchorus orinocensis is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoUruguayVenezuela ArubaGalápagosLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Corchorus orinocensis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Aruba ARU
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Galápagos GAL
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 11 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.

  • Corchorus argutus Kunth
  • Corchorus argutus var. australis A.St.-Hil.
  • Corchorus argutus var. benthamii K.Schum.
  • Corchorus argutus var. blanchetii K.Schum.
  • Corchorus argutus var. longicarpus Kuntze
  • Corchorus argutus var. prismatocarpa K.Schum.
  • Corchorus argutus var. prismatocarpus (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
  • Corchorus argutus var. typica K.Schum.
  • Corchorus brasiliensis Mart. ex Colla
  • Corchorus hirtus var. orinocensis (Kunth) K.Schum.
  • Corchorus prismatocarpus A.St.-Hil.

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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