Mayaca sellowianaKunth

WFO wfo-0000470846 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. a Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-01-20 / obs. 37981620
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. b Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37982138
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. c Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37982441
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. d Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37982716
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. e Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37983573
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin
fig. f Edson Luis Fabro Gasperin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37983898
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Víctor Dávalos
fig. g Víctor Dávalos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79512009
Mayaca sellowiana, photographed by Víctor Dávalos
fig. h Víctor Dávalos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79512033

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Mayaca sellowiana is native: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Mayaca sellowiana, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN

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 4 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.

  • Mayaca endlicheri Poepp. ex Seub.
  • Mayaca lagoensis Warm.
  • Mayaca sellowiana f. longepedicellata Chodat & Hassl.
  • Mayaca sellowiana f. sellowiana

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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