Rhynchosia reticulata(Sw.) DC.

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WFO wfo-0000182210 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Rhynchosia reticulata, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. a Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-04 / obs. 194725828
Rhynchosia reticulata, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. b Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194725879
Rhynchosia reticulata, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. c Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194725925

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchosia reticulata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoUruguayVenezuela BahamasLeeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Rhynchosia reticulata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
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 18 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.

  • Arcyphyllum reticulatum (Sw.) Elliott
  • Dolicholus angulatus Standl.
  • Dolicholus hondurensis Rose
  • Dolicholus kuntzei Kuntze
  • Dolicholus ovatus Rusby
  • Dolicholus reticulatus (Sw.) Millsp.
  • Glycine macrophylla Kunth
  • Glycine reticulata Sw.
  • Rhynchosia aequinoctialis Duchass. & Walp.
  • Rhynchosia hondurensis (Rose) Donn.Sm.
  • Rhynchosia kuntzei Harms
  • Rhynchosia kuntzei Kuntze
  • Rhynchosia macrophylla (Kunth) DC.
  • Rhynchosia reticulata f. balansae Hassl.
  • Rhynchosia reticulata var. elliptica Kuntze
  • Rhynchosia reticulata var. kuntzei (Kuntze) Grear
  • Rhynchosia reticulata var. macrophylla (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Rhynchosia reticulata var. reticulata

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.