Tocoyena formosa(Cham. & Schltdl.) K.Schum.

WFO wfo-0000326282 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, 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.

Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Leonardo Bergamini
fig. a Leonardo Bergamini, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-10-30 / obs. 102487870
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. b Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 380973955
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. c Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 380973989
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. d Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 380974033
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. e Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 380974079
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. f Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 380974108
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Leonardo Bergamini
fig. g Leonardo Bergamini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161124124
Tocoyena formosa, photographed by Leonardo Bergamini
fig. h Leonardo Bergamini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161124259

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Tocoyena formosa is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Suriname BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguaySuriname
Native distribution of Tocoyena formosa, 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 South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Suriname SUR

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 17 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.

  • Gardenia formosa Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Gardenia maritima Vahl ex DC.
  • Tocoyena bullata f. puberula Chodat & Hassl.
  • Tocoyena bullata f. tomentella Chodat & Hassl.
  • Tocoyena bullata var. speciosa Chodat & Hassl.
  • Tocoyena formosa var. maxima Chodat & Hassl.
  • Tocoyena formosa var. microdon (Mart.) Gottsb. & Ehrend.
  • Tocoyena formosa var. petropolitana Glaz.
  • Tocoyena formosa var. pseudobrasiliensis Gottsb. & Ehrend.
  • Tocoyena hirsuta Moric. ex DC.
  • Tocoyena microdon Mart.
  • Tocoyena mollis K.Krause
  • Tocoyena stipulacea K.Schum. ex Glaziou
  • Tocoyena stipulosa K.Schum.
  • Tocoyena surinamensis Bremek.
  • Tocoyena velutina Mart.
  • Ucriana hirsuta (Moric. ex DC.) D.Dietr.

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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