Manettia reclinataL.

WFO wfo-0000235260 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, 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.

Manettia reclinata, photographed by keesgroenendijk
fig. a keesgroenendijk, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-18 / obs. 176779917
Manettia reclinata, photographed by keesgroenendijk
fig. b keesgroenendijk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176815872
Manettia reclinata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. c Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 88996279
Manettia reclinata, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. d Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111213518
Manettia reclinata, photographed by keesgroenendijk
fig. e keesgroenendijk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176815863
Manettia reclinata, photographed by keesgroenendijk
fig. f keesgroenendijk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176779973
Manettia reclinata, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. g Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59632002
Manettia reclinata, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. h Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172884314

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
01062347
Filed as
Manettia reclinata L.
Det. by
P. G. Delprete 2001-01-01
Collected
G. T. Prance 1969-02-27
Origin
BR
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

A real pressed plant, in a real collection, under the accession number above. Not an illustration of one. The holding institution does not serve this sheet’s image to third parties, so there is no photograph here. The record is real and the link goes to it. Where we hold no openly licensed sheet for a species this section is simply absent, and where a sheet never recorded who determined it, that field stays empty rather than being filled in. Roughly half of all herbarium sheets never recorded a determiner, which is ordinary.

Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Manettia reclinata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Manettia reclinata, 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
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
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 21 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.

  • Bouvardia coccinea (Aubl.) A.Rich.
  • Bouvardia havanensis (Kunth) A.Rich.
  • Bouvardia uniflora (Kunth) A.Rich.
  • Lygistum pleiodon (K.Schum.) Kuntze
  • Lygistum reclinatum (L.) Kuntze
  • Lygistum uniflorum (Kunth) M.Gómez
  • Manettia coccinea (Aubl.) Willd.
  • Manettia costaricensis Wernham
  • Manettia cuspidata Bertero ex Spreng.
  • Manettia havanensis Kunth
  • Manettia miniata Lem.
  • Manettia orbifera Wernham
  • Manettia panamensis Duchass. & Walp.
  • Manettia pleiodon K.Schum.
  • Manettia seleriana Loes.
  • Manettia tarapotensis Wernham
  • Manettia tenuifolia Willd.
  • Manettia uniflora Kunth
  • Nacibea coccinea Aubl.
  • Nacibea reclinata (L.) Poir.
  • Nacibea uniflora (Kunth) Poir.

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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