Myriopus volubilis(L.) Small

twining soldierbush

WFO wfo-0001215702 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Myriopus volubilis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-27 / obs. 164548791
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. b Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152418162
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by johnyochum
fig. c johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126413303
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter
fig. d Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116275764
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. e Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71218000
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by alejandrozab
fig. f alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47049319
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by Douglas Goldman
fig. g Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 154811664
Myriopus volubilis, photographed by johnyochum
fig. h johnyochum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4860734

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Myriopus volubilis is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasBelizeBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela ArubaBahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Myriopus volubilis, 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
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Brazil Southeast BZL
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX

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 30 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.

  • Messerschmidia ferruginea G.Don
  • Messerschmidia floribunda G.Don
  • Messerschmidia microphylla Miers
  • Messerschmidia milleri Roem. & Schult.
  • Messerschmidia minor G.Don
  • Messerschmidia minuta Miers
  • Messerschmidia scandens (Mill.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Messerschmidia sericea (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
  • Messerschmidia velutina G.Don
  • Messerschmidia volubilis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Oskampia scandens (Mill.) Raf.
  • Tournefortia barbadensis N.E.Br.
  • Tournefortia caribaea Griseb.
  • Tournefortia ferruginea Lam.
  • Tournefortia floribunda Kunth
  • Tournefortia leonis Britton & P.Wilson
  • Tournefortia minuta Bert. ex Spreng.
  • Tournefortia oblongata Urb. & Ekman
  • Tournefortia picardae Urb.
  • Tournefortia potosina Standl.
  • Tournefortia punctata Spreng.
  • Tournefortia scandens Mill.
  • Tournefortia sericea Vahl
  • Tournefortia trinitatis L.Riley

and 6 more.

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 TOVO. 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.

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.