Lythraceae
Cuphea

Cuphea spermacoce A.St.-Hil.

First published in Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 114 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Graham, S.A. & Cavalcanti, T.B. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Cuphea sect. Euandra subsect. Oidemation (Lythraceae). Phytotaxa 113: 1-86.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Graham, S.A. & Cavalcanti, T.B. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Cuphea sect. Euandra subsect. Oidemation (Lythraceae). Phytotaxa 113: 1-86.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1997 Irwin, H.S. [9957], Brazil K001066529 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Oldenburger, F.H.F. [1946], Brazil K001066533 Yes
Nov 1, 1988 Cavalcanti, T.B. [24], Brazil K001066536 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Giulietti, A.M. [CFCR 6374], Brazil K001066528 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Cavalcanti, T.B. [CFCR8232], Brazil K001066534 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Silva, N.T. da [57176], Brazil K001066538 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Irwin, H.S. [10325], Brazil K001066531 Yes
Jan 1, 1902 Glaziou, A.F.M. [21434], Brazil K001066530 Yes
Oldenburger, F.H.F. [1748], Brazil K001066532 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [3694], Brazil K001066539 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [2461], Brazil K001066537 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0