Native to 52 botanical countries across Africa, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Aldabra, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Fiji, Florida, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Line Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Réunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil (Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil)
Location Remarks
Zona Norte in Guayaquil, suburb of Las Orquideas, Avenida Francisco de Orellana.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Oaxaca
17.326028, -96.472306
Location Remarks
Camino Ixtlan-Talea. Noreoste de la ciudad de Oaxaca.
Collectors
Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Nayely Martínez Melendez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
French Guiana
4.558556, -52.463417
Location Remarks
Vicinity of Emerald Jungle Village
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Jiquipilas)
16.623278, -93.577278
Location Remarks
Cerro el Campanario.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Ruben Martínez-Camilo, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Turneraceae
Genus
Turnera
Authorship
L.