Zanthoxylum rhoifoliumLam.

WFO wfo-0000429355 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Rafael Tosi
fig. a Rafael Tosi, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-20 / obs. 190417152
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. b Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7320197
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Leonardo Bergamini
fig. c Leonardo Bergamini, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 64882898
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Daniel Dias
fig. d Daniel Dias, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 199857325
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Thalia M. Mite
fig. e Thalia M. Mite, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200498454
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Chris Merck
fig. f Chris Merck, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197953577
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Bahiano Ayala
fig. g Bahiano Ayala, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194176702
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, photographed by Rafael Tosi
fig. h Rafael Tosi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114385164

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Zanthoxylum rhoifolium is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoUruguayVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 46 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.

  • Amyris multijuga Turcz.
  • Fagara acutifolia (Engl.) Engl.
  • Fagara astrigera R.S.Cowan
  • Fagara coco var. formosana Lillo
  • Fagara microcarpa (Griseb.) Krug & Urb.
  • Fagara obscura Engl.
  • Fagara pubescens (A.St.-Hil. & Tul.) Herzog
  • Fagara regnelliana (Engl.) Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara regnelliana var. calvata Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia (Lam.) Engl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia f. angustifolia Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia f. intermedia Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia f. latifolia Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia f. paucijuga Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia subsp. pubescens (A.St.-Hil. & Tul.) Engl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia subsp. pubescens (A.St.-Hil. & Tul.) Engl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia var. inermis Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia var. intermedia R.S.Cowan & L.B.Sm.
  • Fagara rhoifolia var. peltophora (Turcz.) Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia var. petiolulata (Engl.) Chodat & Hassl.
  • Fagara rhoifolia var. surparanaensis Najera, Galdeano & Escal.
  • Fagara rothschuhii Loes.
  • Fagara ruiziana (Engl.) Engl.
  • Langsdorfia instrumentaria Leandro

and 22 more.

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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