Dorstenia contrajerva
Tusilla
Also known as: Dorstenia alexiteria L. +15 more
- Dorstenia alexiteria L.
- Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. contrajerva
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii (L.) Bureau
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii L.
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. maculata (Verschaff.) Bureau
- Dorstenia contrajerva var. tenuiloba (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Dorstenia houstonii (L.) L.
- Dorstenia maculata Lem.
- Dorstenia maculata Verschaff.
- Dorstenia palmata Willd.
- Dorstenia palmata Willd. ex Schult.
- Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. integrifolia Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. pinnatifida Stokes
- Dorstenia quadrangularis var. sinuata Stokes
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Moraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Dorstenia contrajerva (commonly known as Tusilla) is a rhizomatous plant belonging to the Moraceae family. Naturally occurring in North America and South America, this species is primarily associated with seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Northern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Florida, India, Jawa, Ogasawara-shoto, Vietnam