Richardia brasiliensisGomes

tropical Mexican clover

WFO wfo-0000296659 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205975938
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by kcthetc1
fig. b kcthetc1, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200631728
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 204431994
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203917416
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Caroline Voget
fig. e Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200457028
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Dragonette
fig. f Dragonette, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193376171
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Fede y Vani
fig. g Fede y Vani, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196109300
Richardia brasiliensis, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187025660

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Richardia brasiliensis is native: Kentucky, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay KentuckyArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralEcuadorParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Richardia brasiliensis, 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
Ecuador ECU
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
Kentucky KTY NORTHERN AMERICA

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 16 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.

  • Richardia adscendens (DC.) Steud.
  • Richardia emetica (Mart.) Schult.
  • Richardia rosea (A.St.-Hil.) Schult.
  • Richardia rosea f. albiflora Kuntze
  • Richardia rosea f. lilacina Kuntze
  • Richardia sericea Walp.
  • Richardia villosa Sessé & Moc. ex DC.
  • Richardsonia adscendens DC.
  • Richardsonia brasiliensis (Gomes) Klotzsch
  • Richardsonia brasiliensis var. dubia Beauverd & Felipp.
  • Richardsonia emetica Mart.
  • Richardsonia rosea A.St.-Hil.
  • Richardsonia sericea Walp.
  • Spermacoce adscendens Pav. ex DC.
  • Spermacoce ascendens Sessé & Moc.
  • Spermacoce hexandra A.Rich.

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.

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