Critonia morifolia(Mill.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

WFO wfo-0000086736 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-14 / obs. 144203418
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67683628
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67685802
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67688905
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66824649
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66824704
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66823674
Critonia morifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. h Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67266147

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Critonia morifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Critonia morifolia, 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
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
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 6 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.

  • Eupatorium critonioides Steetz
  • Eupatorium critonioides Steets
  • Eupatorium megaphyllum Baker
  • Eupatorium morifolium Mill.
  • Eupatorium populifolium Kunth
  • Eupatorium sartorii Sch.Bip. ex Klatt

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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