Dorstenia brasiliensis is a species of herbaceous plant in the family Moraceae of the order Rosales.
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Dorstenia brasiliensis |
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Kingdom: |
Plantae |
Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
Clade: |
Angiosperms |
Clade: |
Eudicots |
Clade: |
Rosids |
Order: |
Rosales |
Family: |
Moraceae |
Genus: |
Dorstenia |
Species: |
D. brasiliensis |
Binomial name |
Dorstenia brasiliensis
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Synonyms |
Dorstenia tubicina Ruiz & Pav.
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. var. tubicina (Ruiz & Pav.) Chodat & Vischer
Dorstenia pernambucana Arruda
Dorstenia infundibuliformis Lodd.
Dorstenia montevidensis Fielding & Gardner
Dorstenia tomentosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. var. tomentosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hassl.
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. var. major Chodat
Dorstenia tubicina Lam. var. genuina f. major (Chodat) Hassl.
Dorstenia montana Herzog
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. var. palustris Hassl.
Dorstenia tubicina Ruiz & Pav. var. opifera (Mart.) Hassl. f. subexcentrica Hassl.
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. var. guaranitica Chodat & Vischer
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. f. balansae Chodat
Dorstenia sabanensis Cuatrec.
Dorstenia heringeri Carauta & C.Valente
Dorstenia schulzii Carauta, C.Valente & D.S.D.Araujo
Dorstenia amazonica Carauta, C.Valente & O.M.Barth |
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The plant is native to northeastern and central South America, across most of Brazil,[1][2][3]
Areas it is found include: the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, and Cerrado ecoregions; and off the northeast coast on Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2]
Berg, Cornelis C. (2001). "Moreae, Artocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae), with Introductions to the Family and Ficus and with Additions and Corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7". Flora Neotropica. 83: 1–346.