Bolbitis rhizophylla(Kaulf.) Hennipman

WFO wfo-0001257605 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-11-08 / obs. 104572054
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104568347
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104572077
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104568325
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104572099
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104568383
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104572116
Bolbitis rhizophylla, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104568361

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Bolbitis rhizophylla is native: Taiwan, Philippines TaiwanPhilippines
Native distribution of Bolbitis rhizophylla, 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
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Philippines PHI ASIA-TROPICAL

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 18 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.

  • Bolbitis copelandii K.Iwats.
  • Bolbitis intermedia (J.Sm. ex Fée) K.Iwats.
  • Bolbitis serrulata (J.Sm. ex Fée) K.Iwats.
  • Egenolfia fluviatilis Copel.
  • Egenolfia intermedia Fée
  • Egenolfia neglecta Fée
  • Egenolfia rhizophylla Fée
  • Egenolfia serrulata Fée
  • Gymnogramma rhizophylla Kaulf.
  • Gymnogramma rhizophyllum Kaulf.
  • Lacaussadea rhizophylla (Kaulf.) Gaudich.
  • Polybotrya appendiculata var. rhizophylla (Kaulf.) Kuhn
  • Polybotrya duplicatoserrata Hayata
  • Polybotrya exaltata Brack.
  • Polybotrya intermedia J.Sm. ex Fée
  • Polybotrya neglecta Fée
  • Polybotrya rhizophylla (Kaulf.) C.Presl
  • Polybotrya serrulata J.Sm.

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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