Lythraceae

Lafoensia acuminata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Lafoensia

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Lafoensia acuminata: Found mainly in the mountains from Colombia to Peru and known as Guayacan de Manizales in the former. Botanical Gardens of Bogota. — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

Portuguese: Dedaleiro

Synonyms

Calyplectus acuminatus Ruiz & Pav.
Calyplectus dependens Ruiz ex Koehne
Calyplectus speciosus Kunth
Lafoensia speciosa (Kunth) DC.

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Arquitectogarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.