Cleretum papulosum(L.f.) L.Bolus

WFO wfo-0001294458 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-09-28 / obs. 98106480
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101642307
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101640477
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 52148739
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. e Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 23410048
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by linkie
fig. f linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17329242
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Dave U
fig. g Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 173294721
Cleretum papulosum, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. h Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 23403601

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Cleretum papulosum is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Cleretum papulosum, 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
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA

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 16 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.

  • Cephalophyllum anemoniflorum N.E.Br.
  • Cephalophyllum dubium N.E.Br.
  • Cleretum papulosum (L.f.) N.E.Br.
  • Cleretum papulosum subsp. papulosum
  • Cleretum sessiliflorum (Aiton) N.E.Br.
  • Cleretum sessiliflorum var. luteum (Haw.) H.Jacobsen
  • Cryophytum sessiliflorum (Aiton) N.E.Br.
  • Mesembryanthemum album Haw. ex Steud.
  • Mesembryanthemum papulosum L.f.
  • Mesembryanthemum sessiliflorum Aiton
  • Micropterum papulosum (L.f.) Schwantes
  • Micropterum papulosum subsp. multiflorum Schwantes
  • Micropterum papulosum subsp. papulosum
  • Micropterum sessiliflorum (Aiton) Schwantes
  • Micropterum sessiliflorum var. luteum (Haw.) H.Jacobsen
  • Micropterum sessiliflorum var. sessiliflorum

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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