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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Asemeia Raf. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in New Fl. 4: 88 (1838)

Not accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Polygala.]

Kew Backbone Distributions
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