Lythraceae
Heimia

Heimia salicifolia Link

First published in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 3 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Texas to Mexico, S. Tropical America, Jamaica. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Texas, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Azores, Queensland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gutiérrez, J. & Solano, E. (2014). Afinidades florísticas y fitogeográficas de la vegetación del municipio de San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 107: 27-65. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Gutiérrez, J. & Solano, E. (2014). Afinidades florísticas y fitogeográficas de la vegetación del municipio de San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 107: 27-65. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • 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?
Jan 1, 1966 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2586] Brazil K001066737 Yes
Carter, A. [2666] Mexico K004331337 Yes
Rambo, B. [47043] Brazil K001066733 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000528490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [5418] Mexico K004331330 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004331466 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000528489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meyer, T. [10902] Argentina K004331439 Yes
Brizuela, A. [1002] Argentina K004331442 Yes
Sellow, F. [s.n.] Brazil K001066742 Yes
Rambo, B. [44931] Brazil K001066735 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001066744 Yes
Morel, I. [5884] Argentina K004331438 Yes
de la Sota, A. [3173] Argentina K004331441 Yes
Fryxell, P.A.; Anderson, W.R. [3594] Mexico K004331326 Yes
Badcock [633] Bolivia K004331390 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Argentina K000528487 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Ts].F. Schwarz [1580] Argentina K004331433 Yes
Rambo, B. [46699] Brazil K001066739 Yes
Strang, H.; Castellanos, A. [1259] Brazil K001066748 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004331465 Yes
Rambo, B. [46270] Brazil K001066734 Yes
Morel, I. [428] Argentina K004331431 Yes
Cadet, T. [6689] Reunion K004331318 Yes
Meyer, F.G.; Rogers, D.J. [2816] Mexico K004331335 Yes
de la Sota, A.V. [178] Argentina K004331434 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001066747 Yes
Brizuela, A. [8[8]1] Argentina K004331432 Yes
Rambo, B. [45869] Brazil K001066736 Yes
Lyonnet, E. [347] Mexico K004331334 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K004331333 Yes
Seler [1105] Mexico K004331329 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K004331328 Yes
s.coll. [6155] Bolivia K004331380 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [356] Mexico K004331332 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K001066743 Yes
Arsene, F.G. [6155] Mexico K004331321 Yes
Moran, R.V. [7103] Mexico K004331338 Yes
Blanchet, J.S. [s.n.] Brazil K001066741 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huaylla, H. [22382] Bolivia K004331389 Yes
Brizuela, J. [234] Argentina K004331436 Yes
Bilimek [[166]] Mexico K004331327 Yes
Schwarz, J. [3577] Argentina K004331437 Yes
Steinbach, J. [8611] Bolivia K004331391 Yes
Fox [229] Argentina K000528488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Morel, I. [2063] Argentina K004331440 Yes
Rambo, B. [46638] Brazil K001066738 Yes
Chamisso, L.K.A., von [s.n.] Brazil K001066745 Yes
Villalobos, J.; Campos, F. [1391] Bolivia K004331388 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [26337] Bolivia K004331392 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [3675] Mexico K004331331 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [19165] Brazil K001066740 Yes
Ibarrola, T. [2260] Argentina K004331435 Yes
Tweedie, J. [446] Brazil K001066746 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Heimia salicifolia var. grandiflora K004331467 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Heimia salicifolia var. grandiflora K004331469 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Heimia salicifolia var. grandiflora K004331468 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4330] South Africa Nesaea salicifolia K004331275 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://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

  • 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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0