Lythraceae
Cuphea

Cuphea racemosa (L.f.) Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 455 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Galápagos

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Paña-Chocarro, M.C., Espada-Mateos, C., Vera, M., Céspedes, G. & Knapp, S. (2010). Updated checklist of vascular plants of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú), Paraguay. Phytotaxa 12: 1-224.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

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.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [6021] Ecuador K000006420 Yes
Dec 1, 2004 Spruce, R. [6021] Ecuador K000006421 Yes
Feb 8, 1990 Gonçalves, L.M.C. [221] Brazil K001073614 Yes
Oct 9, 1989 Mendonça, R.C.; Nogueira, E. [140] Brazil K001073635 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.A.; Kallunki, J.A. [10106] Brazil K001073619 Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Silva, N.T., da [58286] Brazil K001073617 Yes
Sellow [70] Brazil K001073638 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000532993 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [[BJ354]] Colombia K004763798 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant'Ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B., dos [22053] Brazil K001073620 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K004763822 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001073627 Yes
André, É. [4026] Colombia K004763803 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [4766] Ecuador K004763813 Yes
Killip, E.P.; Hazen, T.E. [8839] Colombia K004763800 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8570] Bolivia K004763820 Yes
Cervi, A.C.; Spichiger, R.; Loizeau, P.-A.; Cottier, E. [7151] Brazil K001892486 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Mercado, M. [21273] Bolivia K004763786 Yes
Swainson, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001073622 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [13176] Brazil K001073623 Yes
Monteagudo, A.; Peña, A.; Francis, R.; Chamorro, H.; Quicha, L.; Pascual, A. [10000] Peru K004763807 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000532994 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9078] Bolivia K004763784 Yes
Gardner, G. [884] Brazil K001073628 Yes
André, É. [4026] Colombia K004763802 Yes
Langlasse, E. [41] Colombia K004763797 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1171] Bolivia K000295013 No
Glaziou, A.F.M. [11952] Brazil K001073629 Yes
Sellow [1734] Brazil K001073637 Yes
Sellow [1646] Brazil K000532992 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tweedie, J. [s.n.] Brazil K001073639 Yes
Triana, J. [s.n.] Colombia K004763794 Yes
Camp, W.H. [E-3431] Ecuador K004763814 Yes
s.coll. [[BT1054]] Colombia K004763801 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K004763809 Yes
Holton, I.F. [897] Colombia K004763793 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [129] Colombia K004763811 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huallya, H. [22617] Spain K004763785 Yes
Pennell, F. [5018] Colombia K004763799 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [5513] Colombia K004763808 Yes
Salzmann, P. [s.n.] Brazil K001073621 Yes
Gardner, G. [883] Brazil K001073624 Yes
Miers, J. [3342] Brazil K001073630 Yes
Zak, V. [786] Ecuador K004763806 Yes
Zak, V.; Jaramillo, J. [2793] Ecuador K004763810 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.] Colombia K004763790 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [24453] Ecuador K004763805 Yes
Klug, G. [3487] Peru K004763817 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [4437] Ecuador K004763815 Yes
Meyer [s.n.] Chile K001073633 Yes
Lawrance, A.E. [61] Colombia K004763796 Yes
[Mr. Weër] [s.n.] Colombia K004763791 Yes
De Sloover, J.R.D. [324] Bolivia K004763783 Yes
Sellow [D.1734] Brazil K001073641 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004763821 Yes
Riedel, L. [1594] Brazil K001073636 Yes
Hartweg [997] Colombia K004763788 Yes
Sellow [374] Brazil K001073632 Yes
Dawe, M.T. [777] Colombia K004763795 Yes
André, É. [K1038] Ecuador K004763816 Yes
Lourteig, A. [3239] Brazil K001073613 Yes
Robinson, J.W.L. [7] Colombia K004763804 Yes
Mueller, F. [210] Brazil K001073626 Yes
Mexia Ynes [6160] Peru K004763819 Yes
Sellow [1381] Brazil K001073634 Yes
Mexia Ynes [6160] Peru K004763818 Yes
van der Werff, H.H. [1692] Ecuador K004763823 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H., de [4389] Brazil K001073615 Yes
Sellow [1734] Brazil K001073640 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001073618 Yes
Widgren, J.F. [s.n.] Brazil K001073625 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [2617] Colombia K004763789 Yes
[Hartweg] [997] Colombia K004763792 Yes
s.coll. [575] Ecuador K004763812 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Klein, R.M. [10512] Brazil K001073616 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [10749] Brazil K001073631 Yes

Sources

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/