Cuphea appendiculataBenth.

WFO wfo-0000629816 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Ben Meredyk
fig. a Ben Meredyk, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-21 / obs. 176713099
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Ana Nuño
fig. b Ana Nuño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161185608
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. c Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112080924
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Hersson Ramírez
fig. d Hersson Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108846854
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. e Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 97449074
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. f Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87391961
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. g Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84915352
Cuphea appendiculata, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. h Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25393173

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Cuphea appendiculata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasPanamá
Native distribution of Cuphea appendiculata, 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 Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
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 14 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 appendiculata Seem.
  • Cuphea axilliflora (Koehne) Koehne
  • Cuphea boissieriana Koehne
  • Cuphea cristata Rose
  • Cuphea cristata var. endotricha Koehne
  • Cuphea graciliflora Koehne
  • Cuphea infundibulum Koehne
  • Cuphea infundibulum var. foliosa Koehne
  • Cuphea infundibulum var. inversa Suess.
  • Parsonsia appendiculata (Benth.) Standl.
  • Parsonsia boisseiriana (Koehne) Standl.
  • Parsonsia boissieriana (Koehne) Standl.
  • Parsonsia cristata (Rose) Standl.
  • Parsonsia graciliflora (Koehne) Standl.

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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