Lythraceae
Cuphea

Cuphea epilobiifolia Koehne

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 223 (1877)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Venezuela. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Monro, A.K., González, F., Santamaría, D., Chacón, O., Rodríguez, A., Solano, D. Zamora, N. & Correa, M. (2011). A first checklist to the vascular plants of La Amistad International Park (PILA), Costa Rica-Panama. Phytotaxa 322: 1-283.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hoffman, C. [733] Costa Rica K000532876 Type Yes
Dorr, L.J.; Cuello, N.; Licata, A. [8504] Venezuela K001636466 No
Dorr, L.J.; Cuello, N.; Licata, A. [8504] Venezuela K001636385 No
Endres [157] Costa Rica K000532874 Unknown Type Material Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [4807] Costa Rica K000532873 Type Yes
Endres [157 ex pte.] Costa Rica K000532875 Type Yes
Gollmer [s.n.] Venezuela Cuphea epilobiifolia var. venezuelana K000533128 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1902 Linden, I. [1595] Colombia Cuphea epilobiifolia f. lindenii K000533126 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 1, 1902 Linden, I. [1595] Colombia Cuphea epilobiifolia f. lindenii K000533127 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images