Oritrophium peruvianum(Lam.) Cuatrec.

WFO wfo-0000041205 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. a Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-16 / obs. 182097910
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. b Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119263819
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. c Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108712712
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. d Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65907733
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. e Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13492488
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. f Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118731078
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. g Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13495282
Oritrophium peruvianum, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. h Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 198607902

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Oritrophium peruvianum is native: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela BoliviaColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Oritrophium peruvianum, 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
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
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 18 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.

  • Arnica peruviana Pers.
  • Aster pellitus Kunth
  • Aster peruvianus (Lam.) Cabrera
  • Celmisia pellita (Kunth) Sch.Bip.
  • Chrysactinium erigeroides (Benth.) H.Rob. & Brettell
  • Doronicum peruvianum Lam.
  • Erigeron hybridus Hieron.
  • Erigeron lehmannii Hieron.
  • Erigeron loxensis Hieron.
  • Erigeron pellitus (Kunth) Wedd.
  • Erigeron pellitus Hieron.
  • Erigeron peruvianus (Lam.) Cuatrec.
  • Erigeron peruvianus var. peruvianus
  • Erigeron pusillus Lehm.
  • Erigeron stuebelii Hieron.
  • Liabum erigeroides Benth.
  • Oritrophium peruvianum f. peruvianum
  • Oritrophium peruvianum subsp. peruvianum

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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