Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Acre)
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Synonyms: hidden
= Coussapoa rekoi Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 211 (1919)
= Inophloeum armatum (Miq.) Pittier; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6: 114 (1916)
= Olmedia armata Miq.; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 5: 196 (1854)
= Poulsenia aculeata Eggers; Bot. Centralbl. 73: 66 (1898)