Episcia cupreata
Flame Violet, Flame Violet
Also known as: Achimenes cupreata Hook. +17 more
- Achimenes cupreata Hook.
- Achimenes metallica VanHoutte ex Regel
- Achimenes splendens (Linden) Hend.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata (Hook.) Hanst.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata f. metallica Regel
- Cyrtodeira cupreata subsp. metallica Regel
- Cyrtodeira cupreata subsp. viridifolia Hook.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata var. metallica Regel
- Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridiflora Hook.
- Cyrtodeira cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.
- Cyrtodeira trianae Hanst.
- Episcia cupreata subsp. viridifolia (Hook.) Nichols.
- Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia (Hook.) G.Nicholson
- Episcia cupreata var. viridifolia Hook.
- Episcia splendens (Triana) Hanst.
- Tapina splendens Linden
- Tapina splendens Triana
- Tapina variegata Linden
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Gesneriaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a subshrub.
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Episcia cupreata (commonly known as Flame Violet) is a shrub belonging to the Gesneriaceae family. Indigenous to South America, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Central America, Northern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela
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)
Bangladesh, Benin, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Leeward Is., Marianas, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam