Pozoa coriaceaLag.

WFO wfo-0000391286 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. a Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-11-19 / obs. 128254441
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. b Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74584227
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Agustín Zarco
fig. c Agustín Zarco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59628548
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. d Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60038703
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. e Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60008434
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. f Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32533483
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by Nicolás Villaseca Merino
fig. g Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 168779958
Pozoa coriacea, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12748836

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Pozoa coriacea is native: Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central Argentina NorthwestArgentina SouthChile Central
Native distribution of Pozoa coriacea, 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 Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina South AGS
Chile Central CLC

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 10 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.

  • Astrantia grandiflora Poepp. ex DC.
  • Azorella coriacea (Lag.) Kuntze
  • Azorella hydrocotylifolia (Bridges ex Gardn.) Macloskie
  • Bolax angulatus Presl ex DC.
  • Hacquetia bracteogama DC.
  • Mulinum angulatum DC.
  • Pozoa denticulata Meyen
  • Pozoa hydrocotylifolia Bridges ex Gardner
  • Pozoa peltata Chodat
  • Pozoa rotundifolia Gay

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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