Torenia L.

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Central, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Brazil South, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Windward Is.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• —F.T.A. 4, 2: 334.

Flora Zambesiaca

• Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 270 (1754).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Sp. P1.: 619 (1753)