Aspidoglossum interruptum(E.Mey.) Bullock

WFO wfo-0000552315 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. a Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-02-03 / obs. 114531261
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. b Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531272
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. c Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531287
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. d Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531300
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. e Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531306
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. f Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531313
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. g Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531234
Aspidoglossum interruptum, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. h Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 114531251

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Aspidoglossum interruptum is native: Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe BurkinaCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEthiopiaFree StateGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMaliMozambiqueNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Aspidoglossum interruptum, 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
Burkina BKN AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
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 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.

  • Gomphocarpus interruptus (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.
  • Lagarinthus abyssinicus Hochst. ex Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Lagarinthus interruptus E.Mey.
  • Schizoglossum abyssinicum (Hochst. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum altissimum Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum barberae Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum garuanum Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum gracile Weim.
  • Schizoglossum interruptum (E.Mey.) Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum kamerunense Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum lasiopetalum Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum morumbenense Schltr.
  • Schizoglossum togoense Schltr.

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.