Cuphea antisyphiliticaKunth

WFO wfo-0000629807 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. a Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / 2020-04-03 / obs. 90523966
Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. b Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90524002
Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. c Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90523930
Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. d Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90523855
Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. e Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90523897
Cuphea antisyphilitica, photographed by Tsssss
fig. f Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90523928

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Cuphea antisyphilitica is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Cuphea antisyphilitica, 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 Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
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 28 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.

  • Cuphea acutissima A.St.-Hil.
  • Cuphea acutissima var. radula A.St.-Hil.
  • Cuphea antisyphilitica f. gracillima Koehne
  • Cuphea antisyphilitica f. subhirsuta Koehne
  • Cuphea antisyphilitica var. antisyphilitica
  • Cuphea antysiphilitica var. acutifolia Benth.
  • Cuphea apurensis Lourteig
  • Cuphea callosa Bacig.
  • Cuphea glauca Pohl ex Koehne
  • Cuphea glauca f. hirsuta Koehne
  • Cuphea glauca f. strigosa Koehne
  • Cuphea gracilis var. major Koehne
  • Cuphea impexa Koehne
  • Cuphea melampyrifolia Pohl ex Koehne
  • Cuphea patula A.St.-Hil.
  • Cuphea radula (A.St.-Hil.) Koehne
  • Cuphea radula f. glabrescens Koehne
  • Cuphea radula f. hirtella Koehne
  • Cuphea radula f. lanicaulis Koehne
  • Cuphea ramulosa Mart. ex Koehne
  • Cuphea ramulosa var. hirta Koehne
  • Cuphea ramulosa var. virgata Koehne
  • Cuphea reflexifolia Koehne
  • Cuphea sessilifolia Mart.

and 4 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.