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Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague

Primulaceae · Canary Is., Madeira

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Cultivation

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record placed to within 10 km; three are needed for an envelope. 2 of the 3 in-range records are placed to worse than 10 km, or to no stated accuracy and fewer than three decimals or by something other than a person's observation, and cannot place a climate cell, though they count for the map and its marker.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.

This species has no GBIF key of its own. Its records are GBIF's under the keys of the names Kew's World Checklist holds as this plant: 3721462 (Myrsine heberdenia (Aiton) Roem. & Schult., 0 records), 3722395 (Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague, 4 records), 5557835 (Ardisia bahamensis (Gaertn.) A.DC., 0 records), 5558219 (Anguillaria bahamensis Gaertn., 0 records). No name was matched to GBIF; the keys are read from Kew's synonymy. How.

NativeCanary Is., Madeira · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).

Kew's description“tree” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 3 georeferenced records inside the native range; the map shows only the 2 openly licensed ones, which alone would put the marker 20 km away. Under a dozen records behind the map. No climate across the range is derived for this species. 2 in-range records are placed to worse than 10 km, or with no stated accuracy (admitted only as a person's observation to three decimals), and stay on the map but off the climate.

Other GBIF keysRecords also from GBIF's key 3721462 (Myrsine heberdenia (Aiton) Roem. & Schult.): Kew's file holds it as Myrsine heberdenia Roem. & Schult. (illegitimate under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague); 0 records, from GBIF's search API on the day of the build.Records also from GBIF's key 3722395 (Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague): Kew's file holds it as Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague (accepted); 4 records, from GBIF's download.Records also from GBIF's key 5557835 (Ardisia bahamensis (Gaertn.) A.DC.): Kew's file holds it as Ardisia bahamensis (Gaertn.) A.DC. (synonym under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague); 0 records, from GBIF's search API on the day of the build.Records also from GBIF's key 5558219 (Anguillaria bahamensis Gaertn.): Kew's file holds it as Anguillaria bahamensis Gaertn. (synonym under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague); 0 records, from GBIF's search API on the day of the build.

Photographs

Photographs: Sefirmelk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (5).

Names & registers

Also known as Myrsine excelsa; Myrsine heberdenia; Anguillaria bahamensis; Anguillaria excelsa; Ardisia excelsa and 3 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family

Primulaceae

Described by

(Gaertn.) Sprague

Native to

Canary Is., Madeira

Wild records

3 in range · 2 open

Every figure here is derived from public data by a stated rule and names its source; nothing about this species is written for its page by a person or by AI, apart from the marked, credited quotations. How →

Where this page came from built 2026-10-22

Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague (plant_name_id 2840712), read from Kew's names file

GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked

GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked

GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked

WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04

GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences answeredasked 2026-10-22this species has no GBIF key of its own; its records are read under GBIF's keys for the names Kew's file holds as this plant, never by a name matched; GBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hbdw64, of 2026-10-21; 0 records of GBIF's key 3721462, Myrsine heberdenia (Aiton) Roem. & Schult. (Kew's file holds it as Myrsine heberdenia Roem. & Schult. (illegitimate under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague)): GBIF occurrence search API; 4 records of GBIF's key 3722395, Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague (Kew's file holds it as Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague (accepted)): the GBIF download; 0 records of GBIF's key 5557835, Ardisia bahamensis (Gaertn.) A.DC. (Kew's file holds it as Ardisia bahamensis (Gaertn.) A.DC. (synonym under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague)): GBIF occurrence search API; 0 records of GBIF's key 5558219, Anguillaria bahamensis Gaertn. (Kew's file holds it as Anguillaria bahamensis Gaertn. (synonym under Heberdenia bahamensis (Gaertn.) Sprague)): GBIF occurrence search API

Habitat climate climate nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record placed to within 10 km; three are needed for an envelope

Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 588602-1, POWO 588602-1

Wikipedia wikipedia nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22

iNaturalist taxon inat.taxon not asked

iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked

iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked

GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked

Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22

OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

Every source is recorded as having answered, reported nothing, refused, failed, not been asked, or answered twice where one answer is taken (“not taken: two items answered”), and, for a source asked when this page was built, when: the figures are as the source held them that day; a source read from a file (Kew's World Checklist, a GBIF download) says "as of" the file's day instead; a row carried from an earlier build of the page names that build instead. Only “nothing to report” is ever shown as an absence. Records came from 3 datasets via GBIF.org; each carries its own licence.