Discaria americanaGillies & Hook.

WFO wfo-0000651539 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Discaria americana, photographed by Adriana Machado
fig. a Adriana Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-24 / obs. 165385295
Discaria americana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160939491
Discaria americana, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. c Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148600588
Discaria americana, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. d Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121845698
Discaria americana, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. e Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122595918
Discaria americana, photographed by Lauu
fig. f Lauu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180978245
Discaria americana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. g aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12050950
Discaria americana, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100044642

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Discaria americana is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Brazil South, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBrazil SouthUruguay
Native distribution of Discaria americana, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Brazil South BZS
Uruguay URU

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 12 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.

  • Colletia longispina Hook. & Arn.
  • Colletia longispina var. foliosa Hook. & Arn.
  • Condalia spinosa Spreng.
  • Discaria exilis (Miers) Herter
  • Discaria febrifuga Mart.
  • Discaria gracilenta (Miers) Herter
  • Discaria longispina Miers
  • Discaria longispina var. foliosa Griseb.
  • Discaria lycioides Miers
  • Discaria lycioides var. exilis Miers
  • Discaria spiculata Miers
  • Discaria spiculata var. gracilenta Miers

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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