Ternstroemia tepezapoteSchltdl. & Cham.

WFO wfo-0000459507 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. a Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-10-25 / obs. 1301058
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163358617
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40208504
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39349088
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 16217559
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 52721442
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24276769
Ternstroemia tepezapote, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29299446

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Ternstroemia tepezapote is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Ternstroemia tepezapote, 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
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
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 18 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.

  • Mokof seemannii (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze
  • Mokof tepezapote (Schltdl. & Cham.) Kuntze
  • Mokofua seemannii (Triana & Planch.) Kuntze
  • Mokofua tepezapote (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze
  • Taonabo oocarpa Rose
  • Taonabo seemannii (Triana & Planch.) Standl.
  • Taonabo sphaerocarpa Rose
  • Taonabo tepezapote (Schltdl. & Cham.) Szyszyl.
  • Ternstroemia hemsleyi Hochr.
  • Ternstroemia hemsleyi var. dentatobracteata Hochr.
  • Ternstroemia hemsleyi var. typica Hochr.
  • Ternstroemia impressa Lundell
  • Ternstroemia oocarpa (Rose) Melch.
  • Ternstroemia peduncularis Seem.
  • Ternstroemia seemannii Triana & Planch.
  • Ternstroemia seleriana Loes.
  • Ternstroemia sphaerocarpa (Rose) Melch.
  • Ternstroemia standleyana Kobuski

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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