Siparuna guianensisAubl.

WFO wfo-0000505093 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 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.

Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-15 / obs. 136598361
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136598288
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. c Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136598317
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136598173
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. e Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136598308
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. f Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136598337
Siparuna guianensis, photographed by Fredy Ramírez
fig. g Fredy Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58796274

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Siparuna guianensis is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Siparuna 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
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 25 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.

  • Angelina divergentifolia Pohl ex Tul.
  • Citriosma discolor Poepp. & Endl.
  • Citriosma guianensis (Aubl.) Tul.
  • Citrosma camporum Tul.
  • Citrosma discolor Poepp. & Endl.
  • Citrosma guianensis (Aubl.) Tul.
  • Citrosma guianensis f. divergentifolia Pohl ex Tul.
  • Citrosma guianensis f. nuda Tul.
  • Citrosma guianensis var. divergentifolia (Pohl ex Tul.) Tul.
  • Citrosma guianensis var. nuda (Tul.) Tul.
  • Citrosma oligocarpa Mart. ex A.DC.
  • Siparuna archeri A.C.Sm.
  • Siparuna arianeae V.Pereira
  • Siparuna camporum A.DC.
  • Siparuna cavalcantei Jangoux
  • Siparuna discolor (Poepp. & Endl.) A.DC.
  • Siparuna duckeana Jangoux
  • Siparuna foetida Barb.Rodr.
  • Siparuna guianensis var. divergentifolia (Pohl ex Tul.) A.DC.
  • Siparuna guianensis var. glabrescens A.DC.
  • Siparuna guianensis var. longifolia A.DC.
  • Siparuna guianensis var. nitens Kuntze
  • Siparuna itacaiunensis Jangoux
  • Siparuna panamensis A.DC.

and 1 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.