Tabernaemontana catharinensisA.DC.

WFO wfo-0000319766 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by Gabriel Laufer
fig. a Gabriel Laufer, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201871631
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. b Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152618715
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. c B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132888350
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by E Santos Ortega
fig. d E Santos Ortega, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174732320
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by demianlescano
fig. e demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 119362568
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by Joselin Listur
fig. f Joselin Listur, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134682675
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by demianlescano
fig. g demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / obs. 67503186
Tabernaemontana catharinensis, photographed by Fernando Sessegolo
fig. h Fernando Sessegolo, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56191065

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Tabernaemontana catharinensis is native: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay Argentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayUruguay
Native distribution of Tabernaemontana catharinensis, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU

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 16 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.

  • Peschiera acuminata Miers
  • Peschiera affinis (Müll.Arg.) Miers
  • Peschiera affinis var. acuminata L.Allorge
  • Peschiera albidiflora Miers
  • Peschiera australis (Müll.Arg.) Miers
  • Peschiera australis var. hilariana (Müll.Arg.) L.Allorge
  • Peschiera catharinensis (A.DC.) Miers
  • Peschiera hilariana (Müll.Arg.) Miers
  • Tabernaemontana acuminata Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana affinis Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana affinis var. lanceolata Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana albiflora Rojas Acosta
  • Tabernaemontana australis Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana hilariana Müll.Arg.
  • Tabernaemontana hybrida Hand.-Mazz.
  • Tabernaemontana salicifolia Hand.-Mazz.

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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