Aristida junciformisTrin. & Rupr.

WFO wfo-0000848945 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aristida junciformis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-20 / obs. 202717316
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201010272
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201009028
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. d Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196757878
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184624838
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. f Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151989269
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. g Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151989088
Aristida junciformis, photographed by Presha Soogrim
fig. h Presha Soogrim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194423473

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Aristida junciformis is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCongoDR CongoEswatiniFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Aristida junciformis, 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
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 15 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.

  • Aristida angustata Stapf
  • Aristida contractinodis Stent & J.M.Rattray
  • Aristida dewildemani Henrard
  • Aristida galpinii Stapf
  • Aristida junciformis subsp. galpinii (Stapf) De Winter
  • Aristida junciformis subsp. junciformis
  • Aristida junciformis subsp. macilenta (Henrard) Melderis
  • Aristida junciformis subsp. welwitschii (Rendle) Melderis
  • Aristida macilenta Henrard
  • Aristida pardyi Stent & J.M.Rattray
  • Aristida schliebenii Henrard
  • Aristida textilis Mez
  • Aristida welwitschii Rendle
  • Aristida welwitschii var. minor Rendle
  • Aristida welwitschii var. subtomentosa Henrard

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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