Morisonia indica(L.) ined.

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WFO wfo-0001427162 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Morisonia indica, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. a Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-04 / obs. 135345362
Morisonia indica, photographed by stinger
fig. b stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43545275
Morisonia indica, photographed by stinger
fig. c stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43151561
Morisonia indica, photographed by stinger
fig. d stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43151583
Morisonia indica, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. e Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37925003
Morisonia indica, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. f Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33277838
Morisonia indica, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. g Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22522515
Morisonia indica, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. h Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20674786

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Morisonia indica is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoVenezuela ArubaLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesVenezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Morisonia indica, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
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 20 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.

  • Breynia indica L.
  • Capparis amygdalifolia Jacq.
  • Capparis amygdalina Lam.
  • Capparis barcellonensis Kunth
  • Capparis breynia L.
  • Capparis breynia f. parviflora Loes.
  • Capparis breynia var. uniflora DC.
  • Capparis furfuracea Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.
  • Capparis indica (L.) Druce
  • Capparis tonduzii Briq.
  • Colicodendron breynia Endl.
  • Linnaeobreynia indica (L.) Hutch.
  • Linnaeobreynia tonduzii (Briq.) Hutch.
  • Morisonia breynia Christenh. & Byng
  • Pleuteron breynia Raf.
  • Pseudocroton tinctorius Müll.Arg.
  • Quadrella breynia J.Presl
  • Quadrella furfuracea (Ruiz & Pav. ex DC.) J.Presl
  • Quadrella indica (L.) Iltis & Cornejo
  • Uterveria breynia Bertol.

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CAIN5. public domain. 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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