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Internal ID UUID64401488826de629806341
Scientific name Cuphea melvilla
Authority Lindl.
First published in Bot. Reg. 10: t. 852 (1825)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melvilla speciosa A.Anderson ex Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 102 (1838)
Cuphea elegans Klotzsch ex Koehne Fl. Bras. 13(2): 301 (1877)
Cuphea melvillei Lem. Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(2): 38 (1846)
Cuphea penicillaria Pohl ex Koehne Fl. Bras. 13(2): 301 (1877)
Cuphea speciosa (A.Anderson) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 96. 1898 [28 Sep 1898]

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Language Common/alternative name
French cuphea elegans
Portuguese cigarrinha

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
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      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000630202
Tropicos 19200532
INPN 733986
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321256-2
The Plant List kew-2748226
Open Tree Of Life 600038
NCBI Taxonomy 312585
IUCN Red List 144314022
IPNI 321256-2
iNaturalist 430908
GBIF 3990142
USDA GRIN 311235
Wikipedia Cuphea_elegans

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