Apodytes dimidiataE.Mey. ex Arn.

WFO wfo-0000540853 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. a Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-03 / obs. 199060356
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Rosemary Harrison
fig. b Rosemary Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 176230275
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. c Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175296839
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. d Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 148122998
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136288052
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. f Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124738005
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. g Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125985664
Apodytes dimidiata, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. h Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122900577

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Native range 43 botanical countries

Regions where Apodytes dimidiata is native: Aldabra, Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam AngolaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam AldabraComorosMauritiusRéunion
Native distribution of Apodytes dimidiata, 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
Aldabra ALD AFRICA
Angola ANG
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Réunion REU
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

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.

Flowering 164 in flower of 466 examined

Peak flowering in Dec. Each bar is the share of Apodytes dimidiata observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 164 of 466 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. One month has fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for it. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 37 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.

  • Apodytes acutifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Apodytes beddomei Mast.
  • Apodytes benthamiana Wight
  • Apodytes bequaertii De Wild.
  • Apodytes cambodiana Pierre
  • Apodytes curtisii Dyer ex King
  • Apodytes dimidiata f. farinosa H.Perrier
  • Apodytes dimidiata f. microphylla H.Perrier
  • Apodytes dimidiata subsp. acutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cufod.
  • Apodytes dimidiata subsp. acutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cufod. ex Mendes
  • Apodytes dimidiata subsp. dimidiata
  • Apodytes dimidiata var. acutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Boutique
  • Apodytes dimidiata var. emirnensis (Baker) H.Perrier
  • Apodytes dimidiata var. hazomaitso (Danguy) H.Perrier
  • Apodytes dimidiata var. ikongoensis H.Perrier
  • Apodytes dimidiata var. inversa (Baill.) H.Perrier
  • Apodytes emirnensis Baker
  • Apodytes frappieri Cordem.
  • Apodytes gardneriana Miers
  • Apodytes giung A.Chev.
  • Apodytes hazomaitso Danguy
  • Apodytes imerinensis Baker
  • Apodytes inversa Baill.
  • Apodytes javanica Koord. & Valeton

and 13 more.

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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