Dolichandra quadrivalvis(Jacq.) L.G.Lohmann

WFO wfo-0000782433 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, 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.

Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. a Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-11-26 / obs. 59443247
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197935714
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8261150
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7943400
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. e Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59443261
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. f aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197935731
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7943398
Dolichandra quadrivalvis, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. h Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59443268

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Dolichandra quadrivalvis is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Dolichandra quadrivalvis, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
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 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.

  • Bignonia fraxinifolia (Kunth) Spreng.
  • Bignonia populifolia DC.
  • Bignonia quadrivalvis Jacq.
  • Melloa duseniana Kraenzl.
  • Melloa fraxinifolia (Kunth) K.Schum. ex Schnee
  • Melloa populifolia (DC.) Bureau
  • Melloa populifolia (DC.) Bureau ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Melloa populifolia (DC.) Britton
  • Melloa quadrivalvis (Jacq.) A.H.Gentry
  • Phryganocydia pisoniana Mart. ex DC.
  • Spathodea fraxinifolia Kunth
  • Spathodea pisoniana DC.
  • Tabebuia pisoniana (DC.) Miers
  • Tecoma pisoniana (DC.) DC. ex Bureau & K.Schum.

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.