Ryania speciosaVahl

WFO wfo-0001062823 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 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.

Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. a Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / 2020-04-22 / obs. 163158812
Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. b Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163158285
Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. c Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163159048
Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. d Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163160107
Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. e Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163159708
Ryania speciosa, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. f Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163160731

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Ryania speciosa is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Ryania speciosa, 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
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

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.

  • Patrisa chocoensis Warb.
  • Patrisia bicolor DC.
  • Patrisia chocoensis Warb.
  • Patrisia chocoensis Triana & Planch.
  • Patrisia parviflora DC.
  • Patrisia tomentosa (Miq.) M.Roemer
  • Ryania bicolor (DC.) Eichler
  • Ryania candollei Miq.
  • Ryania casiquiarensis Steyerm.
  • Ryania chocoensis Triana & Planch.
  • Ryania parviflora (DC.) Eichler
  • Ryania parviflora (A.DC.) Griseb.
  • Ryania patrisii Miq.
  • Ryania pyrifera var. subuliflora Sandwith
  • Ryania pyrifera var. tomentosa Sleumer
  • Ryania speciosa var. speciosa
  • Ryania stipularis Linden & Planch.
  • Ryania tomentosa Miq.

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.

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.