Dorstenia brasiliensisLam.

WFO wfo-0000654304 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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 brasiliensis, photographed by Florencia Grattarola
fig. a Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-15 / obs. 197930647
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. b Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 58411227
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by Víctor Dávalos
fig. c Víctor Dávalos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145041966
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. d aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27234509
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by aacocucci
fig. e aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27234523
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by Solana González Novoa
fig. f Solana González Novoa, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 197926128
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. g vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 196327273
Dorstenia brasiliensis, photographed by Andres Cavallo
fig. h Andres Cavallo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152085783

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Dorstenia brasiliensis is native: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaParaguayPeruTrinidad-TobagoUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Dorstenia brasiliensis, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN

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 20 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 amazonica Carauta, C.Valente & O.M.Barth
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis f. balansae Chodat
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis var. guaranitica Chodat
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis var. major Chodat
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis var. palustris Hassl.
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis var. tomentosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hassl.
  • Dorstenia brasiliensis var. tubicina Chodat
  • Dorstenia heringeri Carauta & C.Valente
  • Dorstenia infundibuliformis G.Lodd.
  • Dorstenia montana Herzog
  • Dorstenia montevidensis Fielding & Gardner
  • Dorstenia pernambucana Arruda
  • Dorstenia placentoides Comm. ex Lam.
  • Dorstenia sabanensis Cuatrec.
  • Dorstenia schulzii Carauta, C.Valente & D.S.D.Araujo
  • Dorstenia tomentosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Dorstenia tubicina Ruiz & Pav.
  • Dorstenia tubicina f. major Hassl.
  • Dorstenia tubicina f. subexcentrica Hassl.
  • Dorstenia vitella Paiva ex Spreng.

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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