Taxon:
Thevetia ahouai (L.) A. DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 8:344. 1844
Verified:
01/23/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
- Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
- Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
English
broadleaf thevetia – Spanish
cascabel –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Falcon | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Yaracuy | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Zulia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Bolivar, Zulia, Falcon, Trujillo, Yaracuy]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)