Pombalia bigibbosa(A.St.-Hil.) Paula-Souza

WFO wfo-0001340916 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by Matias Cabezas
fig. a Matias Cabezas, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-22 / obs. 166137038
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. b William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153803079
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. c B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85568279
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. d B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71126004
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. e B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31320238
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. f Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173745578
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. g B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80364489
Pombalia bigibbosa, photographed by Fede y Vani
fig. h Fede y Vani, CC0 1.0 / obs. 178252446

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Pombalia bigibbosa is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguay
Native distribution of Pombalia bigibbosa, 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
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR

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.

  • Calceolaria bigibbosa (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
  • Hybanthus bigibbosus Hassl.
  • Hybanthus bigibbosus var. paraguariensis Hassl.
  • Ionidium bigibbosum A.St.-Hil.
  • Ionidium bigibbosum var. paraguariensis Chodat
  • Solea bigibbosa Spreng.

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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