Euphorbiaceae
Jatropha

Jatropha rufescens Brandegee

First published in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 88 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SW. Mexico. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dehgan, B. (2012). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 110: 1-273.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Martínez-Gordillo, M., Fernández Casas, F.J., Jiménez-Ramírez, J., Ginez-Vázquez, L.D. & Vega-Flores, K. (2014). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 111: 1-84. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dehgan, B. (2012). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 110: 1-273.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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