Forsteronia spicata(Jacq.) G.Mey.

WFO wfo-0000967393 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Forsteronia spicata, photographed by geralg
fig. a geralg, CC0 1.0 / 2019-12-12 / obs. 57932625
Forsteronia spicata, photographed by geralg
fig. b geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57932637
Forsteronia spicata, photographed by geralg
fig. c geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57932658
Forsteronia spicata, photographed by geralg
fig. d geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57932675

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Forsteronia spicata is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Forsteronia spicata, 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
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 10 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.

  • Aptotheca corylifolia (Griseb.) Miers
  • Echites ovalifolius Poir.
  • Echites spicatus Jacq.
  • Forsteronia corylifolia (Griseb.) Griseb.
  • Forsteronia ovalifolia (Poir.) Miers
  • Parsonsia spicata R.Br.
  • Parsonsia spicata (Jacq.) R.Br.
  • Thyrsanthus corylifolius Griseb.
  • Thyrsanthus spicatus (Jacq.) Griseb.
  • Thyrsanthus spicatus (Jacq.) Griseb.

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.