Pombalia parviflora(L.f.) Paula-Souza

WFO wfo-0001340935 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. a Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 192567583
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. b Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173183977
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Eduardo Luis Beltrocco
fig. c Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126357721
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. d Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56157623
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by aacocucci
fig. e aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29966973
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Nicolás Baresch Uribe
fig. f Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196878107
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. g B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158032228
Pombalia parviflora, photographed by Nicolás Baresch Uribe
fig. h Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100045141

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Pombalia parviflora is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralChile CentralColombiaEcuadorParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Pombalia parviflora, 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
Argentina South AGS
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Chile Central CLC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
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 28 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 bangii Rusby
  • Calceolaria microphylla (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Cubelium parviflorum Raf.
  • Hybanthus glutinosus var. paraguayensis Hassl.
  • Hybanthus maytensillo Baill.
  • Hybanthus microphyllus (Kunth) Baill.
  • Hybanthus parviflorus f. membranaceus Schulze-Menz
  • Hybanthus parviflorus f. microphyllus Schulze-Menz
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. angustifolius Hassl.
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. argentinensis Sparre
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. bangii (Rusby) Sparre
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. chamaedrifolius (C.Presl) Sparre
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. glutinosus (Vent.) Hassl.
  • Hybanthus parviflorus var. latifolius Hassl.
  • Ionidium chamaedrifolium C.Presl
  • Ionidium glutinosum Vent.
  • Ionidium glutinosum var. angustifolium Eichler
  • Ionidium glutinosum var. latifolium Eichler
  • Ionidium glutinosum var. paraguayense Chodat
  • Ionidium microphyllum Kunth
  • Ionidium parviflorum Vent.
  • Solea microphylla Spreng.
  • Solea parviflora Spreng.
  • Solea parvifolia Eichler

and 4 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. 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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