Machaerium kegeliiMeisn.

WFO wfo-0000183543 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 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.

Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-08 / obs. 109995844
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997018
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997095
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997118
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997035
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997010
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997105
Machaerium kegelii, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. h Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109997123

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Machaerium kegelii is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Machaerium kegelii, 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
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
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 3 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.

  • Machaerium bracteatum Benth.
  • Machaerium pachyphyllum Pittier
  • Machaerium steinbachianum Hoehne

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.