Tournefortia gnaphalodes(L.) Roem. & Schult.

WFO wfo-0000410543 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by Dimitri Brosens
fig. a Dimitri Brosens, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-25 / obs. 190719163
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. b Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189303675
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188309845
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. d Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186947734
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by stinger
fig. e stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186738666
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by stinger
fig. f stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186738697
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by Paul Asman
fig. g Paul Asman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189869513
Tournefortia gnaphalodes, photographed by caymanmatt
fig. h caymanmatt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183502354

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Tournefortia gnaphalodes is native: Florida, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. FloridaMexico GulfMexico SoutheastBelizeColombiaCubaDominican RepublicHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanVenezuela ArubaBermudaCayman Is.Leeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Tournefortia gnaphalodes, 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
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT

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 4 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.

  • Argusia gnaphalodes (L.) Heine
  • Heliotropium gnaphalodes L.
  • Mallotonia gnaphalodes (L.) Britton
  • Messerschmidia gnaphalodes (L.) I.M.Johnst.

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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