Native to 40 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into Cameroon, Cook Is., Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Malaya, Marianas, Senegal, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Peru, Madre de Dios, Tambopata
-12.483333, -68.813333
Location Remarks
Dist. Las Piedras, Lago Valencia. Bosque Ribereño.
Collectors
Jim Farfán Vargas, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, R. Pinedo
Location
Paraguay, Amambay
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Urticaceae
Genus
Cecropia
Authorship
Loefl.