Alysicarpus glumaceus(Vahl) DC.

WFO wfo-0000176774 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. a James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-02-13 / obs. 115613026
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by Aaliyah Motala
fig. b Aaliyah Motala, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 109928604
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. c Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15160141
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. d James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115613048
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. e Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15160147
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by James Deacon
fig. f James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115613054
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by Aaliyah Motala
fig. g Aaliyah Motala, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 110097683
Alysicarpus glumaceus, photographed by Aaliyah Motala
fig. h Aaliyah Motala, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 109928652

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Native range 40 botanical countries

Regions where Alysicarpus glumaceus is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Assam, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, West Himalaya AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGhanaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZimbabweGulf StatesOmanSaudi ArabiaYemenAssamEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Alysicarpus glumaceus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
West Himalaya WHM
Gulf States GST ASIA-TEMPERATE
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alysicarpus glumaceus f. pilosulus Chiov.
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. intermedius Verdc.
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. macalusoi (Mattei) Chiov.
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. minor (Prain) Raizada
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. patlopedicellatus Leonard
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. styracifolius (Baker) Raizada
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. thothathrii M.R.Almeida
  • Alysicarpus glumaceus var. wombalensis J.Léonard
  • Alysicarpus hochstetteri A.Rich.
  • Alysicarpus macalusoi Mattei
  • Alysicarpus porrectus Welw. ex Baker
  • Alysicarpus rugosus f. pilosulus (Chiov.) Cufod.
  • Alysicarpus rugosus var. hispidicarpus Fiori
  • Alysicarpus rugosus var. minor Prain
  • Alysicarpus rugosus var. styracifolius Baker
  • Alysicarpus squamosus Gand.
  • Alysicarpus violaceus (Forssk.) Schindl.
  • Fabricia porrecta (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze
  • Hallia glumacea (Vahl) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Hedysarum glumaceum Vahl
  • Hedysarum violaceum Forssk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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