Rourea glabraKunth

WFO wfo-0000398995 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, 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.

Rourea glabra, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-03-21 / obs. 7038807
Rourea glabra, photographed by Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas
fig. b Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59008141
Rourea glabra, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7038864
Rourea glabra, photographed by Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas
fig. d Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59008146
Rourea glabra, photographed by Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas
fig. e Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59008152

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Rourea glabra is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBrazil NorthBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáSouthwest CaribbeanTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Rourea glabra, 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
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
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 12 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.

  • Connarus glaber (Kunth) DC.
  • Connarus oblongifolius (Hook. & Arn.) Mart.
  • Robergia glabra (Kunth) Spreng.
  • Rourea cubensis Urb.
  • Rourea glabra var. floribunda (Planch.) Forero
  • Rourea granatensis Cuatrec.
  • Rourea oblongifolia Hook. & Arn.
  • Rourea oblongifolia var. floribunda Planch.
  • Rourea paucifoliata Planch.
  • Rourea paucifoliolata Planch.
  • Rourea sympetala Urb.
  • Santalodes glabrum (Kunth) Kuntze

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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