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Latin name	Wercklea lutea Rolfe
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Hibiscus luteus (Rolfe) L.O.Williams & A.Robyns Hibiscus rolfeanus A.Robyns
English name	yellow teaselmallow
French name	wercklea jaune
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Latin name	Wercklea tulipiflora (Hook.f.) Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Dominica, St. Lucia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
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Synonym	Abelmoschus tulipaeflorus (Hook.f.) Walp. Hibiscus tulipaeflorus Hook.f. Hibiscus tulipiflorus Hook.f.
English name	tulipflower teaselmallow; wild okra (Dominica)
French name	wercklea à fleurs de tulipe; gombo grand bois (Guadeloupe); gombo montagne (Dominica); gombo-grand bois
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Latin name	Wercklea woodsonii (A.Robyns) Fryxell
Family	Malvaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Hibiscus woodsonii A.Robyns
English name	Woodson teaselmallow
French name	wercklea de Woodson
Spanish name	amapola amarilla (Panama)
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Latin name	Wettinia Poepp.
Family	Palmae
Distribution
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English name	wettinia
French name	wettinie
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Latin name	Wettinia augusta Poepp. & Endl.
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) MW MC South America (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ma
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English name	tall wettinia
French name	wettinie grande
Spanish name	camona, camonilla, ponilla (Peru)
Other name	kúntag (Peru); teren (shuar, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Wettinia equalis (O.F.Cook & Doyle) R.Bernal
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ti (house construction)
Synonym	Acrostigma equale O.F.Cook & Doyle Catoblastus equalis (O.F.Cook & Doyle) Burret Catoblastus velutinus Burret Catostigma equale (O.F.Cook & Doyle) Burret
English name	equal wettinia
French name	wettinie égale
Spanish name	chonta, patona, rosario (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Wettinia hirsuta Burret
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	hairy wettinia
French name	wettinie hirsute
Spanish name	macana negra (Colombia)
Other name	uku (kuna, Panama)
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Latin name	Wettinia panamensis R.Bernal
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Panama wettinia
French name	wettinie du Panama
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Latin name	Wettinia quinaria (O.F.Cook & Doyle) Burret
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
Use	fw ma (leaves used to cover houses) ti (construction)
Synonym	Wettinella quinaria O.F.Cook & Doyle Wettinia utilis Little
English name	fivepartite wettinia
French name	wettinie cinq-partite
Spanish name	cade, gualte (Ecuador); memé (Colombia); pistula (Ecuador)
Other name	yaanchi (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Wettinia radiata (O.F.Cook & Doyle) R.Bernal
Family	Palmae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	ti (construction)
Synonym	Catoblastus radiatus (O.F.Cook & Doyle) Burret Catostigma radiatum O.F.Cook & Doyle
English name	radiate wettinia
French name	wettinie à rayons
Spanish name	crespa (Colombia)
Other name	pi gualte (Ecuador)
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Latin name	Wigandia Kunth
Family	Hydrophyllaceae
Distribution
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English name	wigandia
French name	wigandie
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Latin name	Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth
Family	Hydrophyllaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Ernstamra urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav. Wigandia kunthii Choisy Wigandia peruviana W.Mill. Wigandia urens var. eukunthii Brand
English name	Peru wigandia; caracus wigandia (USA)
French name	wigandie du Pérou
Spanish name	chichicaste (Guatemala); chichicate (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras); chocón, la aurora (Guatemala); ortiga (Costa Rica, Mexico); quemadora (Mexico)
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Latin name	Williamodendron Kubitzki & H.G.Richt.
Family	Lauraceae
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English name	williamodendron
French name	williamodendron
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Latin name	Williamodendron glaucophyllum (van der Werff) Kubitzki & H.G.Richt.
Family	Lauraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Mezilaurus glaucophylla van der Werff
English name	glaucous williamodendron
French name	williamodendron glauque
Spanish name	oloroso (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Wimmeria Schltdl. & Cham.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution
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English name	wimmeria
French name	wimmérie
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Latin name	Wimmeria acuminata L.O.Williams
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	acuminate wimmeria
French name	wimmérie acuminée
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Latin name	Wimmeria bartlettii Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	Bartlett wimmeria; waterwood (Belize)
French name	wimmérie de Bartlett
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Latin name	Wimmeria lambii (Standl. & L.O.Willimas) Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Maytenus lambii Standl. & L.O.Williams
English name	Lamb wimmeria
French name	wimmérie de Lamb
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Latin name	Wimmeria montana Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	mountain wimmeria
French name	wimmérie de montagne
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Latin name	Wimmeria obtusifolia Standl.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Quintana Roo, Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	obtuseleaf wimmeria
French name	wimmérie à feuilles obtuses
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Latin name	Wimmeria pubescens Radlk.
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	pubescent wimmeria
French name	wimmérie pubescente
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Latin name	Wimmeria sternii Lundell
Family	Celastraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	Stern wimmeria
French name	wimmérie de Stern
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Latin name	Witheringia L'Hér.
Family	Solanaceae
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English name	witheringia
French name	withéringie
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Latin name	Witheringia cuneata (Standl.) Hunz.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
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Synonym	Lycianthes austin-smithii C.V.Morton & Standl. Lycianthes cuneata Standl.
English name	cuneate witheringia
French name	withéringie cunéaire
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Latin name	Witheringia mexicana (B.L.Rob.) Hunz.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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Synonym	Bassovia mexicana B.L.Rob.
English name	Mexican witheringia
French name	withéringie du Mexique
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Latin name	Witheringia solanacea L'Hér.
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Use	pl
Synonym	Acnitus lehmanii Dammer Bassovia macrophylla (Kunth ex Dunal) J.M.Coult. Brachistus hebephyllus Miers Brachistus macrophyllus (Kunth ex Dunal) Miers Brachistus solanaceus (L'Hér.) Hemsl. Capsicum costaricense Standl. & C.V.Morton Capsicum isothrix Standl. Capsicum macrophyllum (Kunth ex Dunal) Standl. Capsicum solanaceum (L'Hér.) Kuntze Capsicum solanaceum var. glabrescens Kuntze Capsicum solanaceum var. macrophylla (Kunth ex Dunal) Kuntze Capsicum solanaceum var. pubescens Kuntze Capsicum tetramerum Standl. & C.V.Morton Saracha solanacea (L'Hér.) Miers Sicklera solanacea (L'Hér.) Sendtn. Sicklera tetrandra Braun & Bouché Solanum panamense Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Solanum peckii S.F.Blake Witheringia macrophylla Kunth ex Dunal
English name	nightshadelike witheringia
French name	withéringie fausse-morelle
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Other name	zimbio panga (quichua, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Witheringia stramoniifolia Kunth
Family	Solanaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) MW South America (Peru)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Athenaea locuples Standl. & Steyerm. Bassovia donnell-smithii J.M.Coult. Bassovia stramoniifolia (Kunth) Standl. Brachistus stramoniifolius (Kunth) Miers Capsicum malacophyllum Standl. Capsicum stramoniifolium (Kunth) Kuntze Witheringia fournieri Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
English name	daturaleaf witheringia
French name	withéringie à feuilles de datura
Spanish name	mora de venado (El Salvador)
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Latin name	Wittmackanthus Kuntze
Family	Rubiaceae
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Synonym	Pallasia Klotzsch
English name	wittmackanthus
French name	wittmackanthe
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Latin name	Wittmackanthus stanleyanus (R.H.Schomb.) Kuntze
Family	Rubiaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW NC MW South America (Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Synonym	Alseis dariensis Dwyer Calycophyllum stanleyanum R.H.Schomb. Pallasia stanleyana (R.H.Schomb.) Klotzsch Rondeletia dukei Dwyer & M.V.Hayden
English name	Stanley wittmackanthus
French name	wittmackanthe de Stanley
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Other name	uyeyegue, webemewe (waorani, Ecuador)
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Latin name	Ximenia L.
Family	Olacaceae
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Synonym	Amyris P.Browne p.p. Heymassoli Aubl. Pimecaria Raf. Rottboelia Scop.
English name	tallowwood
French name	ximénie
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