Buchnera hispidaBuch.-Ham. ex D.Don

WFO wfo-0000573639 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

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.

Buchnera hispida, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2019-11-13 / obs. 56273566
Buchnera hispida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162271352
Buchnera hispida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135103449
Buchnera hispida, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56273667
Buchnera hispida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135103452
Buchnera hispida, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56273658
Buchnera hispida, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135103457
Buchnera hispida, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 56273655

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Buchnera hispida is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Yemen, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCentral African RepublicChadEthiopiaGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweOmanYemenEast HimalayaIndiaNepalWest Himalaya Comoros
Native distribution of Buchnera hispida, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Nepal NEP
West Himalaya WHM
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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 6 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.

  • Buchnera browniana Schinz
  • Buchnera longifolia Klotzsch
  • Buchnera macrocarpa A.Rich.
  • Buchnera schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Piripea coerulea Bowdich
  • Striga schimperiana Hochst.

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.