Zornia latifoliaSm.

WFO wfo-0000176622 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Zornia latifolia, photographed by russiannaturalistbrazil
fig. a russiannaturalistbrazil, CC BY 4.0 / 2011-06-27 / obs. 41625
Zornia latifolia, photographed by russiannaturalistbrazil
fig. b russiannaturalistbrazil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41626
Zornia latifolia, photographed by russiannaturalistbrazil
fig. c russiannaturalistbrazil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41627
Zornia latifolia, photographed by russiannaturalistbrazil
fig. d russiannaturalistbrazil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41628
Zornia latifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. e Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160896444
Zornia latifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. f Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160896482
Zornia latifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. g Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160896515
Zornia latifolia, photographed by Denis Bastianelli
fig. h Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160896548

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Zornia latifolia is native: Florida, Mexico Northeast, Texas, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. FloridaMexico NortheastTexasArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaJamaicaNicaraguaParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameUruguayVenezuela Windward Is.
Native distribution of Zornia latifolia, 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
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Texas TEX

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 11 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.

  • Hedysarum gemellum Willd. ex Vogel
  • Zornia diphylla subsp. gracilis (DC.) Malme
  • Zornia diphylla var. bernardinensis Chodat & Hassl.
  • Zornia diphylla var. gracilis (DC.) Benth.
  • Zornia diphylla var. gracilis Micheli
  • Zornia gemella Vogel
  • Zornia gracilis DC.
  • Zornia latifolia var. bernardinensis (Chodat & Hassl.) Mohlenbr.
  • Zornia latifolia var. latifolia
  • Zornia maranhamensis G.Don
  • Zornia surinamensis 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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