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

WFO wfo-0001340921 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Pombalia communis, photographed by alessandradalia
fig. a alessandradalia, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-01-11 / obs. 30250005
Pombalia communis, photographed by demianlescano
fig. b demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 67353464
Pombalia communis, photographed by alessandradalia
fig. c alessandradalia, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30248959
Pombalia communis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. d Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174007836
Pombalia communis, photographed by Hugo Hulsberg
fig. e Hugo Hulsberg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 174007210
Pombalia communis, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. f B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57470853
Pombalia communis, photographed by patriciabenitez
fig. g patriciabenitez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166721090
Pombalia communis, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. h B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57470831

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Pombalia communis is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Pombalia communis, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
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 23 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 communis (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
  • Calceolaria maximiliani (Eichler) Kuntze
  • Hybanthus communis Taub.
  • Hybanthus communis f. circaeoides Schulze-Menz
  • Hybanthus communis f. glabrifolius Schulze-Menz
  • Hybanthus communis var. circaeoides Hassl.
  • Hybanthus communis var. glabrifolius Hassl.
  • Hybanthus guaraniticus (A.St.-Hil.) Baill.
  • Hybanthus guaraniticus Hassl.
  • Hybanthus maximiliani (Eichler) Hassl.
  • Hybanthus racemosus (Nees & Mart.) Hassl.
  • Ionidium commune A.St.-Hil.
  • Ionidium commune var. circaeoides Chodat
  • Ionidium commune var. glabrifolium Chodat
  • Ionidium guaraniticum A.St.-Hil.
  • Ionidium maximiliani Eichler
  • Ionidium racemosum Nees & Mart.
  • Ionidium sylvaticum A.St.-Hil.
  • Solea communis Spreng.
  • Solea glutinosa Spreng.
  • Solea guaranitica (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng.
  • Solea martii Colla
  • Solea sylvatica (A.St.-Hil.) 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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