Andrachne telephioidesL.

WFO wfo-0000972391 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. a Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 197550532
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188971671
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187952711
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Flora_DUMO
fig. d Flora_DUMO, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176064051
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130536275
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127961218
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122020174
Andrachne telephioides, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. h Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74859708

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Native range 43 botanical countries

Regions where Andrachne telephioides is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Socotra, Somalia, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaChadEgyptEthiopiaLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoSomaliaTunisiaWestern SaharaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanYemenIndiaPakistanWest HimalayaBulgariaGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaSpain Canary Is.Cape Verde
Native distribution of Andrachne telephioides, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Yemen YEM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Egypt EGY
Ethiopia ETH
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Socotra SOC
Somalia SOM
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Not drawn on the map: Socotra. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 13 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.

  • Andrachne asperula Nevski
  • Andrachne cretica Pojark.
  • Andrachne nummulariifolia Stapf
  • Andrachne pojarkoviae Kovatsch.
  • Andrachne rotundifolia C.A.Mey.
  • Andrachne telephioides subsp. oreocretensis Aldén
  • Andrachne telephioides var. brevifolia Müll.Arg.
  • Andrachne telephioides var. rotundifolia (C.A.Mey.) Müll.Arg.
  • Andrachne virescens Stapf
  • Andrachne virgatenuis Nevski
  • Andrachne vvedenskyi Pazij
  • Eraclissa hexagyna Forssk.
  • Telephioides procumbens Moench

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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