Simira salvadorensis(Standl.) Steyerm.

WFO wfo-0000311193 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2010-01-29 / obs. 6051775
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1681678
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 6051776
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1681677
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. e Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28358885
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. f Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28359044
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. g Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28359048
Simira salvadorensis, photographed by Bernardino Villa B.
fig. h Bernardino Villa B., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28359001

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Simira salvadorensis is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeEl SalvadorGuatemalaHonduras
Native distribution of Simira salvadorensis, 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
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
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 10 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.

  • Calderonia salvadorensis Standl.
  • Sickingia lancifolia Lundell
  • Sickingia lancifolia var. puberula Lundell
  • Sickingia mollis Lundell
  • Sickingia multiflora Lundell
  • Sickingia salvadorensis (Standl.) Standl.
  • Sickingia vestita Lundell
  • Simira lancifolia (Lundell) E.Martínez & Borhidi
  • Simira multiflora (Lundell) E.Martínez & Borhidi
  • Simira vestita (Lundell) E.Martínez & Borhidi

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.