Schnella glabra(Jacq.) Dugand

WFO wfo-0000166207 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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.

Schnella glabra, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-08 / obs. 109993768
Schnella glabra, photographed by J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría
fig. b J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118061948
Schnella glabra, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. c Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 13438803
Schnella glabra, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8131475
Schnella glabra, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109993662
Schnella glabra, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. f Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173210722
Schnella glabra, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. g Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 13438791
Schnella glabra, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. h Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 1916946

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Schnella glabra is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Venezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Schnella 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 33 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.

  • Bauhinia brachystachya Walp.
  • Bauhinia columbiensis Vogel
  • Bauhinia cumanensis Kunth
  • Bauhinia eriophora (Ten.) Ten.
  • Bauhinia glabra Jacq.
  • Bauhinia heterophylla Kunth
  • Bauhinia hondurensis Standl.
  • Bauhinia longipetala (Benth.) Walp.
  • Bauhinia punctata Jacq.
  • Bauhinia scandens Sessé & Moc.
  • Bauhinia scandens Sessé & Moc.
  • Bauhinia standleyi Rose
  • Bauhinia storkii (Rose) Standl.
  • Bauhinia suaveolens Kunth
  • Bauhinia suaveolens var. loretana J.F.Macbr.
  • Binaria cumanensis (Kunth) Raf.
  • Binaria hondurensis (Standl.) A.Schmitz
  • Binaria longipetala (Benth.) A.Schmitz
  • Cardenasia setacea Rusby
  • Caulotretus eriophorus Ten.
  • Caulotretus heterophyllus (Kunth) Warb.
  • Phanera glabra (Jacq.) Vaz
  • Phanera punctata (Jacq.) Britton
  • Schnella brachystachya Benth.

and 9 more.

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.