Arundinella pumila(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud.

WFO wfo-0000850808 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-27 / obs. 166385887
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161356218
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161355562
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161356127
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161949182
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161356335
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. g S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161357329
Arundinella pumila, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161357116

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Arundinella pumila is native: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Oman, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, West Himalaya CameroonEthiopiaGhanaGuineaNigeriaSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanOmanAssamBangladeshIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalSri LankaSulawesiWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Arundinella pumila, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
West Himalaya WHM
Cameroon CMN AFRICA
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 4 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.

  • Acratherum pumilum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Anemagrostis tenella Steud.
  • Arundinella effusa C.E.Hubb.
  • Arundinella tenella Nees ex Steud.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.