Dorstenia arifoliaLam.

WFO wfo-0000654275 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-27 / obs. 170918677
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154240733
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. c Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154241319
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170918715
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. e Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154240605
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. f Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154241332
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. g Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170918732
Dorstenia arifolia, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. h Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154240574

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Dorstenia arifolia is native: Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast Brazil NortheastBrazil Southeast
Native distribution of Dorstenia arifolia, 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
Brazil Northeast BZE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Southeast BZL

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 18 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.

  • Dorstenia arifolia var. pinnatifida Miq.
  • Dorstenia cyperus Vell.
  • Dorstenia drakena Vell.
  • Dorstenia faria Paiva ex Spreng.
  • Dorstenia faria Paiva
  • Dorstenia ficifolia Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Dorstenia fischeri Bureau
  • Dorstenia fluminensis Walp.
  • Dorstenia mandioccana Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Dorstenia maris C.Valente & Carauta
  • Dorstenia multiformis Miq.
  • Dorstenia multiformis var. arifolia (Lam.) Bureau
  • Dorstenia multiformis var. pinnatifida (Miq.) Peckolt
  • Dorstenia paradoxa Herb.Berol. ex Bureau
  • Dorstenia peltata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Dorstenia quadrata Desv.
  • Dorstenia riedeliana Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Dorstenia strangii Carauta

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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