Forchhammeria trifoliataRadlk. ex Millsp.

WFO wfo-0000691544 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Forchhammeria trifoliata, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-20 / obs. 123505236
Forchhammeria trifoliata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1682300
Forchhammeria trifoliata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5579603

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
00387710
Filed as
Forchhammeria trifoliata var. trifoliata
Det. by
B. F. Hansen 1974-01-01
Collected
G. F. Gaumer
Origin
MX
The sheet
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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Forchhammeria trifoliata is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Forchhammeria trifoliata, 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
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 2 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.

  • Allophylus roigii Lippold
  • Forchhammeria trifoliata var. trifoliata

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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