Vailia picta(Vahl) Morillo

WFO wfo-1000064124 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Vailia picta, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. a vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-30 / obs. 202005165
Vailia picta, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. b vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202005245
Vailia picta, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. c vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202005204
Vailia picta, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. d vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202005282
Vailia picta, photographed by vitordematos12
fig. e vitordematos12, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202005322

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Vailia picta is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaParaguayPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Vailia picta, 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
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN

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 23 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.

  • Apocynum rectinerve Salzm. ex Decne.
  • Blepharodon adenopogon Schltr.
  • Blepharodon bracteatum E.Fourn.
  • Blepharodon decaisnei E.Fourn.
  • Blepharodon diffusum Decne.
  • Blepharodon longipedicellatum E.Fourn.
  • Blepharodon nitidum (Vell.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Blepharodon nodosum Silveira
  • Blepharodon ornatum Gleason
  • Blepharodon pallidum Decne.
  • Blepharodon pallidum var. ellipticum Decne.
  • Blepharodon pictum (Vahl) W.D.Stevens
  • Blepharodon reflexum Malme
  • Blepharodon reflexus Malme
  • Blepharodon spruceanum E.Fourn.
  • Blepharodon steudelianum (Miq.) Pulle
  • Blepharodon steyermarkii R.W.Holm
  • Blepharodon venezuelense Moldenke
  • Blepharodon venezuelense Moldenke
  • Cynanchum nitidum Vell.
  • Cynanchum pictum Vahl
  • Marsdenia picta (Vahl) Decne.
  • Metastelma steudelianum Miq.

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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