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c. 1611–1678, Dutch physician and botanist who collected in northeastern Brazil in the mid-eighteenth century under the auspices of Prince Johan Maurits

Koanophyllon solidaginifolium, Koanophyllon villosum Arruda in H. Koster, Trav. Brazil, 495. 1816. Guy L. Nesom Common names: Umbrella thoroughwort Etymology:

America (Brazil), Europe, Asia. Species 2 (1 in the flora). The second species in the genus, Myrinia brasiliensis (Hampe) Schimper, is known from Brazil. None

Derivation uncertain, perhaps from Caiapó, river or native tribe of Amazonian Brazil Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 46. Mentioned on page

(Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana). Varieties 2 (1 in the flora). Variety surinamensis (Urban) Arbo & Fernández grows in Mexico and South America (Brazil, Guyana

Etymology: For Baron W. F. von Karvinsky, 1780–1855, botanical collector in Brazil and Mexico Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 61. Mentioned

sub-cucullate. North America, Central America (Honduras), South America (Brazil, Colombia), Europe, Asia, Australia. Species 9 (2 in the flora). Brachydontium

outline, 1.5–1.8 × 1.3–1.5 mm, margin narrow, flattened, thin. 2n = 16 (Brazil). Phenology: Flowering summer. Habitat: Moist pastures, disturbed open,

11. e, s United States, West Indies (Antilles), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Asia (China, India, Japan), Pacific Islands (Fiji), Australia, temperate

Legacy Map Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (ne Brazil). Varieties 2 (1 in the flora). Turnera diffusa is used extensively as an

genus with about 15 species, is endemic to the Guayana Highlands of northern Brazil, western Guyana, and southern Venezuela. All species are characteristic

Elevation: 0–100 m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), introduced also elsewhere in South America, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands

Antilles, Central America, South America in Andes to nw Argentina and s Brazil. Varieties 4 (1 in the flora). None. Thelypteris grandis var. grandis window

gynophores; var. affinis (de Candolle) H. H. Iltis is endemic to southeastern Brazil and is spineless. None. Hemiscola aculeata var. aculeata window.propert

oily. se United States, West Indies (Antilles), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Asia (China, India, Japan), Pacific Islands (Fiji), Australia, temperate

America, 1 in Asia in s India, 10 in Africa. Anemias are most abundant in Brazil (ca. 70 spp.) and have a secondary center of diversity in Mexico (20 spp

in the Antilles, Trinidad, Central America, South America to Ecuador and Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Anemia"

or was introduced, but it is a disjunct species also found in Argentina, Brazil, central and southern Chile, and southern Uruguay. Another such species

pubescent. x = 5. w, c North America, Mexico, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay). Species ca. 50 (26 in the flora). Sphaeralcea is often

Mexico, West Indies in the Antilles, Central America, South America to s Brazil and n Argentina. Varieties 3 (1 in the flora). None. Thelypteris patens

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. Egeria densa is native to southeastern Brazil and has been widely sold in the aquarium trade, often becoming established

moderately to densely pubescent. It is found only in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay). None. Persicaria meisneriana var. beyrichiana window.proper

in G. ursina). x = 12. e North America, South America (c, n Andes, e, se Brazil). Decachaena (Torrey & A. Gray) Lindley; Lasiococcus Small Species ca. 50

form occurring in Brazil in similar habitats, from which area it may have been introduced by birds. Similar disjunctions between Brazil and southeast North

1995 (Florida, Puerto Rico, and Brazil) was unusual, but recent information showing that T. amazonica ranges from Brazil to Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam

Mexico, West Indies, Bermuda, Central America, South America (Argentina, s Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Populations of Boehmeria cylindrica

mixture of simple and stellate hairs. Astraea is most diverse in southeastern Brazil. None. Astraea lobata window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"family"

µm. North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Brazil), Europe, Asia. Species 5 (1 in the flora). In the field, species of Homalia

Legacy Map Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America to s Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Pecluma"

throughout the tropics. Also, M. glaziovii Müller Arg., from northeastern Brazil, was once an important source of Ceará rubber. Manihot appears to be most

low, segments linear, weakly papillose. w North America, South America (Brazil), Europe, Asia, Africa, temperate regions. Species 3 (1 in the flora). The

ellipsoid, ribbed, finely cross-ribbed. x = 18. Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), s Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar). Species ca. 75 (3 in

, Miss., N.C., Okla., Oreg., S.C., Tex., Va., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay), introduced also in Europe, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

West Indies in the Antilles, Central America, South America to Bolivia and Brazil. Asplenium abscissum hybridizes with A. verecundum to produce the triploid

glabrous. x = 8. Introduced; Tex., n Mexico, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay). Species 4 (1 in the flora). None. Krapovickasia

Legacy Map Fla., s Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America to s Brazil, Bolivia. Commonly found in montane tropical rainforests, the epiphytic

pastures, and disturbed areas from Mexico and the Caribbean Islands to Peru and Brazil. It is now established in Alachua County, Florida, having escaped from plantings

Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Mexico, Central America, South America in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Eurasia. Botrychium virginianum is the most widespread

relationships are with species of eastern Brazil. An ancestral form may have been carried northward from Brazil along the storm tracks that are noted for

se, sc United States, Mexico, Central America, South America (especially Brazil). Species ca. 165 (4 in the flora). None. Chromolaena bigelovii, Chromolaena

C., Tex., Utah, Va., Wis., e, se Asia, also introduced in South America (Brazil), Europe, Africa, Australia. Elatine triandra is a popular aquarium plant

IllustratedIntroduced Basionym: Hibiscus pernambucensis Arruda Diss. Pl. Brazil, 44. 1810 (as pernambucencis) Synonyms: H. tiliaceus subsp. pernambucensis (Arruda)

absent. sc, sw North America, Mexico, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay). Rhynchosida kearneyi Fryxell is endemic to Bolivia. Species 2

to northern Central America and another occupying the region of southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay. Other New World species occur in Peru

Legacy Map Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (ne Brazil). None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"species","name":"Turnera

Sendulsky, T. 1978. Brachiaria: Taxonomy of cultivated and native species in Brazil. Hoehnea 7:99-139 Veldkamp, J.F. 1996. Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae-Paniceae)

and Mexico to subtropical South America (northern Argentina and southern Brazil); members of the genus are found primarily in moist and semideciduous forests

West Indies, Central America, South America (to Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil). None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Apteria"

Elevation: 0–800 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Calif., South America (Brazil), w Eurasia, Africa. Wolffia arrhiza was reported from Alberta because of

(Cuba, Dominican Republic), Central America (Guatemala), South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela), Asia, Africa, Australia. Solmsiella biseriata is

Ramamoorthy 1979; Ramamoorthy and E. Zardini 1987); three occur only in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Ludwigia decurrens and L. erecta occur more widely

Generated Map Legacy Map N.C., Tenn., W.Va., Mexico, South America (Argentina, Brazil), Asia (China, India, Sri Lanka), Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar). A single

America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), South America (e Brazil), e, se Asia, w, s Africa (South Africa, Tanzania), Pacific Islands (New

misidentified as A. pauciflorum A. Saint-Hilaire, which is known only from Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus"

particularly to material collected beyond North America (e.g., Argentina and Brazil). Although S. portulacastrum occurs or has been reported in natural habitats

Indies, Central America, South America (to Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil). Chromosome counts of this species are not known from our region. A count

(Queensland), introduced also in Central America (Panama), South America (Brazil), Africa. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Melochia"

Section Macrocarpon consists of four species, all of which occur in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Ludwigia bonariensis also occurs as a disjunct in Mexico

assumed to have originated in Brazil or, possibly, northern South America; R. McVaugh (1969) thought that southern Brazil was most likely. The species is

coast Generated Map Legacy Map Fla., La., Tex., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay). Herbertia lahue is probably introduced in Florida. The

Swamp she-oak gray she-oak suckering Australian-pine scaly-bark beefwood Brazilian beefwood IllustratedIntroduced Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Illustrator:

confused with M. guyanensis (Aublet) Kuntze, a South American species found in Brazil, the Guianas, and eastern Venezuela; see J. J. Pipoly (1992, 1992b) for

West Indies (Dominican Republic), introduced in South America (Argentina, s Brazil). Plants of Agrimonia parviflora with major leaflet blades narrowly elliptic

primarily a New World tribe that extends from Mexico to Argentina and southern Brazil. It includes about 20 genera and 110 species. One species has been found

grasslands of South America, particularly eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil. Two species (F. lanigera Andersson, F. nudicaulis Hooker f.) are endemic

cited, subsp. triangularis in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, subsp. papilionacea in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru) and differing by the following

States, from Texas to Florida, and south through the lowland tropics to Brazil. It usually flowers from July-November in the Flora region. None. None.

South America, it grows on moist soils of the campo in Paraguay, southern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTax

and western Nevada and, in South America, from Ecuador to Chile, southern Brazil, and northern Argentina. It has also been found, as an introduction, at

(Cuba), Central America, South America (to Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil). None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Burmannia"

Pityrogramma calomelanos var. austroamericana (Domin) Farwell (Costa Rica to Brazil) is characterized by yellow farina; P. calomelanos var. ochracea (C. Presl)

119 (as Quapira). 1775. John S. Clement Etymology: Portugese guapirá , a Brazilian name more commonly applied to Avicennia s pecies Synonyms: Torrubia Vellozo

W.Va., Central America (Guatemala), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). Ludwigia grandiflora occurs in two disjunct areas:

se United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Brazil, Venezuela), Asia (Burma), s Africa. Species 3 (1 in the flora). As discussed

Mexico, West Indies (Grand Bahama, Haiti, Puerto Rico), South America (s Brazil), Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Pacific Islands, Australia. Calymperes

Elevation: 30–100 m Generated Map Legacy Map Tex., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay). In the flora area, Cienfuegosia drummondii is known only from

region, it extends through Mexico and the West Indies to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus"

islands to Ecuador, but there are disjunct populations in Peru, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay. One species is sold as an ornamental

southern United States. It is native from Mexico and the Caribbean Islands to Brazil. It is not considered to have particularly high forage value. None. None

rocky areas in Florida, the West Indies, and from northern South America to Brazil. It is usually found along the coast. None. None. window.propertiesFrom

Map Legacy Map Miss. Paspalum quadrifarium is native to Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. It is grown as an ornamental in Florida, but has also become

probably introduced to North America as a forage species. Its native range is Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and eastern Argentina. It has not been reported from

Ariz., Md., Okla., Mo., Miss., Ky., Oreg. Paspalum dilatatum is native to Brazil and Argentina. It is now well established in the Flora region, generally

Generated Map Legacy Map Fla., Ala., Ga. Paspalum nicorae is native to Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. It was introduced to the United States for use

from the southeastern United States through the West Indies and Mexico to Brazil. The California record came from a weed in a rice field. None. None. window

Map Legacy Map Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., West Indies, South America (Brazil). Plants in south Florida and Cuba often have longer and narrower leaf blades

0–50 m Generated Map Legacy Map La., Okla., Tex., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). The combination of spreading floral scales and scabrid

(Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), Central America (Panama), South America (Brazil), Europe, Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Tibet), Africa (Zimbabwe), Pacific

poisonous due to the water soluble protein ricin. In tropical regions (mainly Brazil and India), the species is widely cultivated for its seed oil. Castor oil

West Indies, Central America. Tarenaya hassleriana is native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is often cultivated and has sometimes escaped and naturalized

4000 years ago (R. Shady-Solis et al. 2001) and even earlier in Rondônia, Brazil (J. Watling et al. 2018). In Central America and Mexico, the earliest archaeological

Bradleya 14: 57–62. Zappi, D. C. 1994. Pilosocereus (Cactaceae): The Genus in Brazil. Sherborne. Pilosocereus robinii window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"subfamily"

Bermuda, Central America to Costa Rica, South America from Colombia to n Brazil. Thelypteris kunthii occasionally hybridizes with T. augescens and T. ovata

notatum is native from Mexico through the Caribbean and Central America to Brazil and northern Argentina. It was introduced to the United States for forage

Generated Map Legacy Map Calif. Bromidium tandilense is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. It now grows around vernal pools in Solano, Monterey

m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Calif., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). Passiflora caerulea is cultivated widely in the flora

Tex., Va., West Indies, Central America (British Honduras), South America (Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), probably introduced in Asia (India, Middle East)

central Mississippi and Ohio river drainages south through Mesoamerica to Brazil. It usually grows in somewhat mesic habitats. It has been reported from

Central America, and South America, the primary center in the planalto of Brazil. Species ca. 200 (1 in the flora). None. Syngonanthus flavidulus window

the second largest in the genus, has a center of distribution in south­ern Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay; 14 species are restricted to that area and five

Map Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela), s Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia

Elevation: 10–100 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), introduced also in Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius), Pacific Islands (Hawaii

Miss., N.Y., N.C., S.C., Tex., West Indies, South America in Argentina, Brazil, native to Asia. Pteris multifida is found on old shady walls and masonry

Introduced; Ark., La., Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua), South America (Brazil), introduced also in w, c Africa (Republic of Cameroon, Democratic Republic

10–100[–1500] m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil). Cyrtopodium polyphyllum was reported for Florida (C. A. Luer 1972) as

Africa, Atlantic Islands (Macaronesia), introduced also in South America (Brazil), c Europe, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia. Lythrum junceum was

Elevation: low elevations Generated Map Legacy Map Fla., N.C., South America (Brazil). The disjunction for Campylopus carolinae of western South America–southeastern

Elevation: 0-50 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil). Pereskia grandifolia var. grandifolia is widespread in cultivation as

Axonopus scoparius is native from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. In Mesoamerica, it rarely sets seed but is grown for forage and often persists

America. Manihot grahamii is native to northern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and is sometimes cultivated for its distinctive

Axonopus compressus is native from the southeastern United States to Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay, and has become established in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is

but producing abundant seed. Sexually reproductive plants occur in eastern Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Cuphea"

Mexico, West Indies in the Antilles, Central America, South America to s Brazil, nw Argentina. Thelypteris patens var. patens is known in the flora from

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), West Indies, South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela). None. None. window.propertiesFromHighe

Tex., Va., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba), Central America, South America (Brazil). Drosera brevifolia is the smallest and perhaps the most widespread species

2100-2500 m Generated Map Legacy Map Ariz., Idaho, Mexico, South America (Brazil). Of conservation concern. Crassula viridis occurs in the flora area on

low elevations (0-70 m) Generated Map Legacy Map Fla., Ga., South America (Brazil). Eccremidium floridanum is known in the flora area only from the Panhandle

Elevation: 0–10 m Generated Map Legacy Map Tex., Mexico, South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana). Variety coerulea was collected once near Rockport, Aransas County;

Legacy Map Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America to s Brazil. Pecluma dispersa frequently occurs as widely scattered clusters of small

Introduced; Ala., Calif., Fla., La., introduced, native, South America (Brazil–Argentina), Africa (South Africa), Australia. This species was recorded

0–100 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Brazil. Alstroemeria pulchella is used as an outdoor ornamental in the warmer parts

hookeri M. C. Johnston Brittonia 14: 362. 1962. Guy L. Nesom Common names: Brazilian bluewood Illustrated Basionym: Condalia obovata Hooker Icon. Pl. 3: plate

speciesLuziola bahiensis (Steud.) Hitchc. Edward E. Terrell Common names: Brazilian watergrass Introduced Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on

speciesSetaria rariflora J.C. Mikan ex Trin. James M. Rominger Common names: Brazilian bristlegrass Introduced Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on

speciesImperata brasiliensis Trin. Mark L. Gabel Common names: Brazilian bladygrass Brazilian satintail Introduced Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment

diverse in Africa and the Middle East; most Bougainvillea species are Brazilian. Overall, there is little economic importance to the family. Mirabilis

through eastern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and the West Indies to Ecuador, Brazil, and Argentina. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"section"

naturally occuring populations with all three morphs are in northeastern Brazil. This led S. C. H. Barrett and I. W. Forno (1982) to conclude that Eichornia

planted in subtropical and warm temperate climates worldwide, particularly in Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"species","name":"Pinus

Generated Map Legacy Map Mo., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba, Haiti), South America (Brazil), Europe, Asia (India). Irregular, multicellular brown or red-brown gemmae

Map Legacy Map Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Brazil, Venezuela). The citation for Georgia by H. A. Crum and L. E. Anderson (1981)

Elevation: 0-50 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), Asia, Africa. Kalanchoë integra is sometimes included in K. laciniata

s Fla.), Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay). Species ca. 28 (3 in the flora). Whether populations of Selenicereus

, Maine, N.H., N.Y., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., South America (Brazil). Minuartia groenlandica is morphologically very similar to M. glabra (Michaux)

America (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama), South America (Brazil, Peru). Distinctive features of Dicranella hilariana include the yellowish

Nebr., N.J., N.C., Okla., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Va., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela). This species has in the past been incorrectly identified

Va., Wis., West Indies (Cuba), Central America (Honduras), South America (Brazil), Europe, Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan). Ephemerum spinulosum bears, as part

and along adjacent roadsides, at 0-10 m. It is native to French Guiana and Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Eragrostis"

distribution in the Americas is tropical, extending from southern Mexico to Brazil and Paraguay. It has been found at a few locations in the southeastern United

Wash., W.Va., Wis., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Brazil and Chile), Europe, Asia (China, Japan), Pacific Islands (New Zealand).

South America. Native to tropical America from Mexico and the West Indies to Brazil, Caperonia castaneifolia is known in the flora area from southern Florida

Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela). Personal observation of Heteranthera

Generated Map Legacy Map B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile), Europe, s Africa, Pacific Islands (New Caledonia, subantarctic

, Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis., South America (Brazil), Europe (Sardinia), Asia (China), Africa (South Africa), Pacific Islands

America. Epidendrum strobiliferum grows throughout the Neotropics to Peru and Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Epidendrum"

(0-1100 m) Generated Map Legacy Map B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash., South America (Brazil), Europe, sw Asia, Africa. J. Podpěra (1954) reported Nogopterium gracile

m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Ala., Fla., Tex., South America (Brazil), introduced widely in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The enlarged

Elevation: 0-10 m Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., Tex., South America (Brazil), widely cultivated throughout the tropics. Because of its varicolored foliage

southern Texas through eastern Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America to Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Sporobolus"

Va., Wis., introduced in West Indies (Dominican Republic), South America (Brazil, Paraguay), Europe (France). Hypericum gentianoides is smaller in all parts

in Mexico, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama), South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador), s Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Mexico, throughout Central America, scattered in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay), naturalized in Italy. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigh

N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Wash., Mexico, South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador), Europe, s Africa, Atlantic Islands (Falkland Islands)

arrecta is native to Africa, but it has been introduced into Florida and Brazil as a forage grass. It is reported to be established in Collier County, Florida

Hay. 1991. Reproductive biology of the palm Acrocomia aculeata in central Brazil. Biotropica 23: 12--22. Sharma, A. K. and S. K. Sarkar. 1956. Cytology of

Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537. 1891. Steven E. Clemants Common names: Brazilian joyweed Introduced Basionym: Gomphrena brasiliana Linnaeus Cent. Pl. II

Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil). Sida santaremensis is a relatively recent introduction around Tampa (P

m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Ala., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). Oxalis hispidula is naturalized in Baldwin County (H

Map Ariz., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico, South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay). While this distinctive species, with its Physalis-like inflated

Indies (Cuba, Jamaica), Central America (Guatemala, Honduras), South America (Brazil). The extensive variation of Plaubelia sprengelii var. stomatodonta was

Cuba and Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. It has not been reported from Brazil. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus","name":"Paspalum"

Fla., Mexico (Guerrero, Tamalipas, Veracruz), West Indies, South America (Brazil), Pacific Islands (Galápagos Islands). Gymnostomiella orcuttii is restricted

Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., Tex., native to South America (s Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina). None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"section"

Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., Ga., Tex., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay), introduced also in Mexico, Australia. Pavonia hastata

Ga., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America (Belize), South America (Brazil), Asia (Indonesia, Japan). Luisierella barbula usually grows in a thin crust

Its range extends through Mexico and Central America to Peru, Chile, and Brazil. No fruits of this species have been found despite examination of several

Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America (Guatemala), South America (Brazil). Hyophiladelphus agrarius grows as a low crust, often with cyanobacteria

southeastern United States, through Mexico and Central America to Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus"

Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; La., Tex., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay). Brown, L. E. and S. J. Marcus. 1998. Notes on the flora of Texas

West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru). Cronquist, A. 1981. An Integrated System of Classification

Gulf coastal prairie, at 2-150 m, as well as in coastal areas of southern Brazil and adjacent Argentina, and inland along the Rio Pilcomayo to Paraguay.

Generated Map Legacy Map Ala., La., N.Mex., Mexico, South America (Bolivia, Brazil), Europe, s Africa, Australia, Pacific Islands (Hawaii). Chenia leptophylla

Elevation: 0–15 m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), introduced also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii). Psidium cattleyanum is known

Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay). None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"section"

Indies (Cuba, Jamaica), Central America (Honduras), South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela). Subspecies lambertianus is occasionally

F. Pabst et al. 1981; R. P. Sauleda et al. 1984), was based mainly on Brazilian species and did not take Mexican species into consideration. The Mexican

m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Ala., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay), introduced also in e Asia (Japan), Australia. Oxalis brasiliensis

are used for making pies, and they are popular as a soup, especially in Brazil and Africa. All of the giant pumpkins in weigh-off contests are derived

Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica; it was once collected in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Oenothera kunthiana was recently found to be naturalized in the Hawaiian

Elevation: 0–10 m. Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Fla., South America (Brazil), introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, elsewhere in

Mexico, West Indies, Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala), South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela). Sida abutilifolia

Indies (Dominican Republic), Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela), Asia. Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum is

pineti (C. Wright ex Griseb.) Chase and L. horizontalis Chase (from eastern Brazil and eastern Cuba, respectively) have no staminate spikelets and no flap

Generated Map Legacy Map Introduced; Calif., La., South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay), introduced also in Europe (France), Pacific Islands

Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 396. 1822. Luc Brouillet Common names: Brazilian begonia Introduced Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page

F. Pabst et al. 1981; R. P. Sauleda et al. 1984) were based mainly on Brazilian species and did not take Mexican species into consideration. Prosthechea

embedded within a paraphyletic Byttneria Loefling and that the monospecific, Brazilian endemic Rayleya Cristóbal is sister to a combined clade of Ayenia and Byttneria

known only from few collections in western Amazonia, and in northeastern Brazil, where it is scarce, L. peruviana is common throughout its range, and may

Colombia, n Ecuador and Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, n Brazil). The nomenclature of this species has a complex and confusing history.

Wash., Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay), introduced in w Europe

(Dominican Republic), Central America (Panama), South America (Argentina, Brazil), s Asia (India, Pakistan), Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Asia, n, s Africa, introduced also in Mexico, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile), Australia. None. None. window.propertiesFromHigherTaxa=[{"rank":"genus"

Mexico, Central America (Guatemala, Honduras), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

States and the West Indies, and from the Guianas to Venezuela and Amapa, Brazil. It grows along and in ponds, lakes, streams, and ditches, and flowers in

West Indies (Puerto Rico), Central America (Guatemala), South America (Brazil), Pacific Islands (Hawaii). N. C. Fassett (1949) proposed a complicated

Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas), intro­duced in South America (Brazil), Europe (Wales). Oenothera suffrutescens is naturalized sporadically in

found mainly in arid regions locally from Arizona south to Paraguay and Brazil; the other three subspecies, subsp. campanulatum S. R. Hill, subsp. oaxacanum

cultivars involving a cross between F. magellanica and F. coccinea Aiton, a Brazilian species also in sect. Quelusia. Another naturalized population at the northern

flowering-plant family representations in the New World are found in Peru (227), Brazil (218), Costa Rica (214), Panama (206), West Indies (196), and Bolivia (190)