Latitudinal range: -28.9° to 19.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 11 samples

Argentina: Parque Sierra de San Javier (6 ha plot), Parque Biológico Sierra de San Javier (secondary forest, 1991), Parque Biológico Sierra de San Javier (old growth forest, 1991)

Brazil: Lower Miranda River, Martinho Campos (Ustifluvent), Martinho Campos (Ustropept), Martinho Campos (Dystropept), Mato do Silva, Fazenda Tupi

Mexico: Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (trees), Paso de Ovejas

See also Ruprechtia apetala, Ruprechtia fusca, Ruprechtia laxiflora, Ruprechtia sp.