Discaria chacaye(G.Don) Tortosa

WFO wfo-0000651547 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Discaria chacaye, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. a Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-17 / obs. 186989867
Discaria chacaye, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. b Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186989876
Discaria chacaye, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. c Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180013695
Discaria chacaye, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. d Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180013701
Discaria chacaye, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. e Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180013685
Discaria chacaye, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. f Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173231306
Discaria chacaye, photographed by aacocucci
fig. g aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173182037
Discaria chacaye, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173179920

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Discaria chacaye is native: Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South Argentina SouthChile CentralChile South
Native distribution of Discaria chacaye, 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 South AGS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Chile Central CLC
Chile South CLS

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 26 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 chacaye (Dombey ex Brongn.) G.Don
  • Colletia crenata Clos
  • Colletia discolor Hook.
  • Colletia dumosa Phil.
  • Colletia montana Phil.
  • Colletia nivalis Phil.
  • Colletia serratifolia var. foliosa Hook. & Arn.
  • Discaria cognata (Miers) Reiche
  • Discaria crenata (Clos) Regel
  • Discaria crenata var. discolor (Hook.) Suess.
  • Discaria crenata var. dumosa (Miers) Suess.
  • Discaria crenata var. integrifolia (Speg.) Suess.
  • Discaria crenata var. magellanica (Miers) Suess.
  • Discaria crenata var. montana (Phil.) Suess.
  • Discaria discolor (Hook.) Speg.
  • Discaria dumosa (Phil.) Reiche
  • Discaria foliosa Reiche
  • Discaria integrifolia Speg.
  • Discaria magellanica (Miers) Macloskie
  • Discaria montana (Phil.) Reiche
  • Discaria serratifolia var. discolor (Hook.) Escal.
  • Notophaena cognata Miers
  • Notophaena discolor (Hook.) Miers
  • Notophaena foliosa Miers

and 2 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.

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