Evolvulus tenuisMart. ex Choisy

WFO wfo-0001296859 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-06 / obs. 166936385
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166936529
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166936557
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154871706
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154871718
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154871732
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154871751
Evolvulus tenuis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. h Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154871689

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Evolvulus tenuis is native: Mexico Southeast, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorGuatemalaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Netherlands Antilles
Native distribution of Evolvulus tenuis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Guatemala GUA
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA

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 11 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.

  • Convolvulus tenuis (Mart. ex Choisy) Kuntze
  • Evolvulus bocasanus Britton
  • Evolvulus columbianus Meisn.
  • Evolvulus columbianus var. incanus Hallier f.
  • Evolvulus longifolius Choisy
  • Evolvulus sericatus House
  • Evolvulus tenuis subsp. eu-tenuis Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus tenuis subsp. longifolius (Choisy) Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus tenuis subsp. sericatus Ooststr.
  • Evolvulus tenuis var. obtusatus Meisn.
  • Evolvulus tenuis var. selloi Meisn.

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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