Triplaris americanaL.

WFO wfo-0000454468 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. a Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-05-22 / obs. 130689107
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. b Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130696322
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. c Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129575316
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. d Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129575455
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. e Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129575382
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. f Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129315053
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. g Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 128605182
Triplaris americana, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. h Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 128604010

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Triplaris americana is native: Mexico Southeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela Mexico SoutheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorGuyanaPanamáPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Triplaris americana, 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 South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Guyana GUY
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA

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.

  • Magonia martei Kuntze
  • Magonia martii (Meisn.)Kuntze
  • Ruprechtia martii Meisn.
  • Triplaris boliviana Britton
  • Triplaris brasiliana Cham.
  • Triplaris estriata Kuntze
  • Triplaris euryphylla S.F.Blake
  • Triplaris felipensis Wedd.
  • Triplaris formicosa S.Moore
  • Triplaris guanaiensis Rusby
  • Triplaris laxa S.F.Blake
  • Triplaris noli-tangere Wedd.
  • Triplaris pavonii Meisn.
  • Triplaris pyramidalis Jacq.
  • Triplaris schomburgkiana Benth.
  • Triplaris striata Kuntze
  • Triplaris williamsii Rusby

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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