Suriana maritimaL.

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WFO wfo-0000492128 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Suriana maritima, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-08 / obs. 196244379
Suriana maritima, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. b Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188309511
Suriana maritima, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187532856
Suriana maritima, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. d Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186947637
Suriana maritima, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. e Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186984054
Suriana maritima, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. f Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186982254
Suriana maritima, photographed by stinger
fig. g stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186738813
Suriana maritima, photographed by stinger
fig. h stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186738762

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Native range 68 botanical countries

Regions where Suriana maritima is native: Aldabra, Chagos Archipelago, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Rodrigues, Seychelles, Tanzania, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Cocos (Keeling) Is., India, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Maldives, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Western Australia, Florida, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Gilbert Is., Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Nauru, Phoenix Is., Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Society Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Wallis-Futuna Is., Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. KenyaMadagascarMozambiqueTanzaniaTaiwanIndiaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaVietnamWestern AustraliaFloridaMexico GulfMexico SoutheastFijiBelizeBrazil NortheastColombiaCubaDominican RepublicHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanVenezuela AldabraChagos ArchipelagoMauritiusMozambique Channel Is.RodriguesSeychellesAndaman Is.Laccadive Is.MaldivesNicobar Is.South China SeaCaroline Is.Cook Is.Line Is.MarianasMarshall Is.NauruPitcairn Is.SamoaSociety Is.Tokelau-ManihikiTongaTuamotuTubuai Is.TuvaluWallis-Futuna Is.ArubaBermudaCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Suriana maritima, 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
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bermuda BER
Brazil Northeast BZE
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Cook Is. COO
Fiji FIJ
Gilbert Is. GIL
Line Is. LIN
Marianas MRN
Marshall Is. MRS
Nauru NRU
Phoenix Is. PHX
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
Tokelau-Manihiki TOK
Tonga TON
Tuamotu TUA
Tubuai Is. TUB
Tuvalu TUV
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Cocos (Keeling) Is. CKI
India IND
Laccadive Is. LDV
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maldives MDV
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Vietnam VIE
Aldabra ALD AFRICA
Chagos Archipelago CGS
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Mozambique Channel Is. MCI
Rodrigues ROD
Seychelles SEY
Tanzania TAN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Western Australia WAU AUSTRALASIA

Not drawn on the map: Cocos (Keeling) Is., Gilbert Is., Phoenix Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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.

Flowering 316 in flower of 497 examined

Peak flowering in Feb. Each bar is the share of Suriana maritima observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 316 of 497 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 1 synonym

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.

  • Bouzetia maritima Montrouz.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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