Dorstenia brasiliensis

Dorstenia brasiliensis is a species of herbaceous plant in the family Moraceae of the order Rosales.

Dorstenia brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Dorstenia
Species:	D. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam.
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

Distribution

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]