Maytenus vitis-idaeaGriseb.

WFO wfo-0001292555 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Facundo Chieffo
fig. a Facundo Chieffo, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-06 / obs. 168140167
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Jose Luis Navarro
fig. b Jose Luis Navarro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165583441
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. c Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164549935
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. d Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163151509
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Jose Luis Navarro
fig. e Jose Luis Navarro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161497673
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. f Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164506040
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. g Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164491932
Maytenus vitis-idaea, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. h Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123296666

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Maytenus vitis-idaea is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBoliviaParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Maytenus vitis-idaea, 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
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Bolivia BOL
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

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 6 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.

  • Maytenus lorentzii Briq.
  • Maytenus paraguariensis Briq.
  • Maytenus paraguariensis var. genuina Briq.
  • Maytenus paraguariensis var. grandifolia Briq.
  • Maytenus vitis-idaea f. grandifolia Hassl.
  • Tricerma vitis-idaeum (Griseb.) Lundell

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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