Jamesonia flexuosa(Humb. & Bonpl.) Christenh.

WFO wfo-0001042262 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. a Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-11 / obs. 181951628
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. b Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177944276
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. c Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107073475
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. d Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98884155
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. e Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192071014
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. f Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192255643
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. g Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178718056
Jamesonia flexuosa, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. h Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126910733

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
1746920
Filed as
Jamesonia flexuosa (Kunth) Christenh.
Det. by
R. C. Moran 2012-01-01
Collected
J. C. Betancur B. 2012-02-03
Origin
CO
The sheet
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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Jamesonia flexuosa is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Jamesonia flexuosa, 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
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
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 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.

  • Anogramma bifida Fée
  • Eriosorus flexuosus (Humb. & Bonpl.) Copel.
  • Eriosorus flexuosus (Kunth) Copel.
  • Eriosorus flexuosus var. flexuosus
  • Eriosorus villosulus (Maxon) Scamman
  • Grammitis flexuosa Humb. & Bonpl.
  • Grammitis ruiziana Klotzsch
  • Gymnogramma flexuosa (H.B.) Desv.
  • Gymnogramma flexuosa var. hirsuta Rosenst.
  • Gymnogramma flexuosa var. linearis Christ
  • Gymnogramma flexuosa var. peruviana Hieron.
  • Gymnogramma haematodes Christ
  • Gymnogramma kunzei Moritz
  • Gymnogramma platytrichia C.Chr.
  • Gymnogramma recurvata H.Karst.
  • Gymnogramma refracta Kunze
  • Gymnogramma villosula C.Chr.
  • Psilogramme flexuosa Kuhn
  • Psilogramme haematodes Maxon
  • Psilogramme villosula Maxon

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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