Tropaeolum tricolorSweet

WFO wfo-0000459759 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. a Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-11 / obs. 171726429
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Jorge Herreros de Lartundo
fig. b Jorge Herreros de Lartundo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166904890
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by David Gutiérrez
fig. c David Gutiérrez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165199996
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Cecilia Briceño
fig. d Cecilia Briceño, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165233711
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. e Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168117314
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. f Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168117323
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Nicolás Villaseca Merino
fig. g Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187156344
Tropaeolum tricolor, photographed by Alfonso Benítez-Mora
fig. h Alfonso Benítez-Mora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163809705

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Tropaeolum tricolor is native: Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South Chile CentralChile NorthChile South
Native distribution of Tropaeolum tricolor, 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
Chile Central CLC SOUTHERN AMERICA
Chile North CLN
Chile South CLS

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 24 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.

  • Chymocarpus jarrattii (Paxton) Heynh.
  • Chymocarpus tricolor (Sweet) Heynh.
  • Tropaeolum dicolorum Sweet
  • Tropaeolum elegans G.Don
  • Tropaeolum incrassatum Steud.
  • Tropaeolum jarrattii Paxton
  • Tropaeolum subincrassatum Steud.
  • Tropaeolum tricolor Lindl.
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. aurantiacum C.Morren
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. grandiflorum C.Morren
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. grandiflorum A.Reinecke ex Walp.
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. jarrattii (Paxton) Lem.
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. majus Marmock
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. pallescens Barnéoud
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. regnelianum Möhring ex Regel
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. schultzii Regel
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. splendens Barnéoud
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. splendens A.Reinecke ex Walp.
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. venustum Paxton ex Otto
  • Tropaeolum tricolor var. versicolor C.Morren
  • Trophaeum elegans (G.Don) Kuntze
  • Trophaeum incrassatum Kuntze
  • Trophaeum jarattii (Paxton) Kuntze
  • Trophaeum tricolor (Sweet) Kuntze

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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