Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18:159. 1894
Verified:
05/03/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
spottedheart – stictocardia – Transcribed Chinese
xian ye teng –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hainan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | East Timor | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Guam | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | United States | Northern Mariana Islands | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Galápagos | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
6 | Other | | | | | native status in neotropics uncertain |
Native
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Hainan Sheng]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, East Timor
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland]
Pacific
-
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, New Caledonia
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Galápagos]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (s.)]
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Other
(native status in neotropics uncertain)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as "tiliaefolia" |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311542.
Accessed 20 May 2025.