Luehea speciosaWilld.

luehea

WFO wfo-0000445127 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Luehea speciosa, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. a Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-02-07 / obs. 61785449
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. b Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58174164
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1536168
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Wendy García Monterrubio
fig. d Wendy García Monterrubio, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 973173
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Wendy García Monterrubio
fig. e Wendy García Monterrubio, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 973174
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Wendy García Monterrubio
fig. f Wendy García Monterrubio, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 973172
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8131499
Luehea speciosa, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. h Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 43180641

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Luehea speciosa is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Luehea speciosa, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
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 13 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.

  • Apeiba ulmifolia Kunth
  • Brotera maritima Vell.
  • Cedrela alternifolia (Mill.) Steud.
  • Cedrus alternifolia Mill.
  • Luehea alternifolia (Mill.) Mabb.
  • Luehea densiflora A.St.-Hil.
  • Luehea ferruginea Turcz.
  • Luehea laxiflora A.St.-Hil.
  • Luehea platypetala A.Rich.
  • Luehea rufescens Benth.
  • Luehea speciosa var. laxiflora K.Schum.
  • Luehea tarapotina J.F.Macbr.
  • Swietenia alternifolia (Mill.) Steud.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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