Swartzia myrtifoliaSm.

WFO wfo-0000164142 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Swartzia myrtifolia, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. a Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-08-15 / obs. 52682285
Swartzia myrtifolia, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. b Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52682443
Swartzia myrtifolia, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. c Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52682364
Swartzia myrtifolia, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. d Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52682214

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Swartzia myrtifolia is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Panamá, Peru BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastColombiaPanamáPeru
Native distribution of Swartzia myrtifolia, 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 Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Panamá PAN
Peru PER

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 11 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.

  • Mimosa triphylla Vell.
  • Riveria nitens Kunth
  • Swartzia elegans Schott
  • Swartzia micropetala Schott
  • Swartzia nitens (Kunth) Vogel ex Steud.
  • Swartzia pulchra Vogel
  • Tounatea elegans (Schott) Taub.
  • Tounatea myrtifolia (Sm.) Taub.
  • Tounatea pulchra (Vogel) Taub.
  • Tunatea elegans (Schott) Kuntze
  • Tunatea myrtifolia (Sm.) Kuntze

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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