Sphyrospermum buxifoliumPoepp. & Endl.

WFO wfo-0000499621 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Nicolás Baresch Uribe
fig. a Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-21 / obs. 128747928
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. b Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83266496
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. c Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62720696
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Steven Bodzin
fig. d Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46300119
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. e Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 14271947
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. f Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178069215
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Skjold Søndergaard
fig. g Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167408468
Sphyrospermum buxifolium, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. h Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152620325

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Sphyrospermum buxifolium is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Sphyrospermum buxifolium, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
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 5 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.

  • Sophoclesia cordifolia var. oophylla Kuntze
  • Sophoclesia nummulariifolia Klotzsch
  • Sphyrospermum roraimae Klotzsch
  • Vaccinium pachycardium Standl.
  • Vaccinium valerioi Standl.

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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