Taxon:  Alonsoa meridionalis (L. f.) Kuntze



Summary
Genus:
Alonsoa
Tribe:
Hemimerideae
Nomen number:
401546
Place of publication:
Revis. gen. pl. 2:457.  1891
Comment:
non Alonsoa meridionalis Druce, nom. inval.
Verified:
03/23/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Scrophularia meridionalis L. f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Alonsoa incisifolia Ruiz & Pav.
Alonsoa warscewiczii Regel

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Barringer, K. A. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la flora vascular de Chile.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcut-leaf maskflower as Alonsoa incisifolia1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). Note: as Alonsoa incisifolia
Englishmaskflower  1Barringer, K. A. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Portuguese (Brazil)alonsoa  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedisheldblomma  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica   
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401546. Accessed 7 May 2026.