Lythraceae
Cuphea melvilla
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Cuphea
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Common names
By language (1)
- Portuguese
- Cigarrinha
Synonyms
- Cuphea elegans Klotzsch ex Koehne
- Cuphea melvillei Lem.
- Cuphea penicillaria Pohl ex Koehne
- Cuphea speciosa (A.Anderson ex Raf.) Kuntze
- Melvilla speciosa A.Anderson ex Raf.
Photos
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.