Vellozia tubiflora(A.Rich.) Kunth

WFO wfo-0000751422 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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.

Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. a GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-03 / obs. 109650380
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. b GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27091099
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by Steven Bodzin
fig. c Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30926030
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by Angelica María Batista Morales
fig. d Angelica María Batista Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 32581092
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. e GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27091481
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. f GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109645026
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ
fig. g GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27091383
Vellozia tubiflora, photographed by Angelica María Batista Morales
fig. h Angelica María Batista Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 32581078

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Vellozia tubiflora is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Guyana, Panamá, Venezuela BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaGuyanaPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Vellozia tubiflora, 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 Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Guyana GUY
Panamá PAN
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 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.

  • Barbacenia alexandrinae R.H.Schomb. ex Hook.
  • Barbacenia alexandrinae Schousb. ex Hook.
  • Barbacenia tubiflora (A.Rich.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Campderia tubiflora A.Rich.
  • Radia tubiflora (A.Rich.) A.Rich.
  • Vellozia alexandrinae (R.H.Schomb.) Goethart & Henrard
  • Vellozia annulata Goethart & Henrard
  • Vellozia cachimbensis L.B.Sm.
  • Vellozia cana Goethart & Henrard
  • Vellozia dawsonii L.B.Sm.
  • Vellozia duidae Steyerm.
  • Vellozia dumitiana R.E.Schult.
  • Vellozia lanata Pohl
  • Vellozia lithophila R.E.Schult.
  • Vellozia macarenensis Philipson
  • Vellozia machrisiana L.B.Sm.
  • Vellozia macrosiphonia Taub.
  • Vellozia maculata Goethart & Henrard
  • Vellozia maudeana R.E.Schult.
  • Vellozia panamensis Standl.
  • Vellozia phantasmagoria R.E.Schult.
  • Vellozia rhynchocarpa Goethart & Henrard
  • Vellozia uleana L.B.Sm.
  • Vellozia velutinosa Goethart & Henrard

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.