Russelia sarmentosaJacq.

WFO wfo-0000464225 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. a Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-01 / obs. 178030883
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. b Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177145165
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Trevor Van Loon
fig. c Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179382655
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. d Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108349990
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. e Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 108349234
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. f Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84098534
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. g Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66826161
Russelia sarmentosa, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. h Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3918685

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Russelia sarmentosa is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Russelia sarmentosa, 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
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
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 13 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.

  • Russelia americana Raeusch.
  • Russelia colombiana Pennell
  • Russelia flammea Raf.
  • Russelia flavoviridis S.F.Blake
  • Russelia oxyphylla Lundell
  • Russelia sarmentosa f. eglandulata Carlson
  • Russelia sarmentosa f. furfuracea Donn.Sm.
  • Russelia sarmentosa f. pubescens Carlson
  • Russelia sarmentosa f. velutina Carlson
  • Russelia sarmentosa var. nicaraguensis Carlson
  • Russelia sarmentosa var. oaxacensis Carlson
  • Russelia sarmentosa var. parviflora Benth.
  • Russelia tabascensis Lundell

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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