Sida planicaulisCav.

WFO wfo-0000505344 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sida planicaulis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-17 / obs. 147451136
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127176726
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Kahio Tiberio Mazon
fig. c Kahio Tiberio Mazon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28934225
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Laura Gaudette
fig. d Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192477314
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203993428
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. f Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203954815
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Michelle Lay
fig. g Michelle Lay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201122389
Sida planicaulis, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. h Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182520334

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Sida planicaulis is native: Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Argentina NortheastBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-Central
Native distribution of Sida planicaulis, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC

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 4 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.

  • Malvastrum carpinifolium A.Gray
  • Malvinda carpinifolia Medik.
  • Sida acuta var. carpinifolia (Medik.) K.Schum.
  • Sida carpinifolia L.f.

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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