Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum(Nees) Radlk.

WFO wfo-0000393082 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2021-01-28 / obs. 111402030
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. b Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87392423
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. c Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51253373
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. d Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 9990057
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. e Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 9989912
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. f Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 9989906
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. g Jake Rehage, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160379124
Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. h Jake Rehage, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158835489

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Pseuderanthemum cuspidatum, 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
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 8 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.

  • Buceragenia glandulosa Leonard
  • Eranthemum cuspidatum Nees
  • Eranthemum filiforme Willd. ex Nees
  • Odontonema lindenianum (Nees) V.M.Badillo
  • Pseuderanthemum haughtii Leonard
  • Siphoneranthemum cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
  • Siphoneranthemum lindenianum Kuntze
  • Thyrsacanthus lindenianus Nees

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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