Schnella guianensis(Aubl.) Wunderlin

WFO wfo-0001039685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 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.

Schnella guianensis, photographed by harrier
fig. a harrier, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-30 / obs. 176204043
Schnella guianensis, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. b Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 14451561
Schnella guianensis, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. c Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 14451570
Schnella guianensis, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. d Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 14451581

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Schnella guianensis is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Schnella guianensis, 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 Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
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 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.

  • Bauhinia chrysophylla Vahl ex DC.
  • Bauhinia guianensis Pulle
  • Bauhinia guianensis Aubl.
  • Bauhinia guianensis var. guianensis
  • Bauhinia macrophylla Poir.
  • Bauhinia manca Standl.
  • Bauhinia sericella Standl.
  • Bauhinia speciosa Vogel
  • Bauhinia speciosa Roxb.
  • Bauhinia superba Steud.
  • Phanera guianensis (Aubl.) Vaz
  • Schnella bicomata Pittier
  • Schnella macrophylla Griseb.

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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