Capillipedium spicigerumS.T.Blake

WFO wfo-0000858343 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204578514
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202361021
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 199070880
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 197724890
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 196735195
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195465129
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194905594
Capillipedium spicigerum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193502275

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Capillipedium spicigerum is native: China Southeast, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is., New Caledonia China SoutheastTaiwanLesser Sunda Is.New GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.New South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandNew Caledonia Nansei-shotoCaroline Is.
Native distribution of Capillipedium spicigerum, 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
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI ASIA-TROPICAL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC

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 10 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.

  • Andropogon micranthus var. muelleri Hack.
  • Andropogon micranthus var. spicigerus (Benth.) Hack.
  • Andropogon parviflorus var. muelleri (Hack.) Domin
  • Andropogon parviflorus var. spicigerus (Benth.) Domin
  • Andropogon spicigerus (S.T.Blake) Reeder
  • Bothriochloa parviflora var. spicigera (Benth.) Ohwi
  • Bothriochloa spicigera (Benth.) T.Koyama
  • Capillipedium parviflorum var. spicigerum (Benth.) Roberty
  • Capillipedium parviflorum var. spicigerum (Benth.) C.C.Hsu
  • Chrysopogon parviflorus var. spicigerus Benth.

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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