Dais cotinifoliaL.

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WFO wfo-0000636916 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-16 / obs. 189187353
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172907465
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. c Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112978169
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 109563790
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by chrishorak
fig. e chrishorak, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106485255
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Ronald Olivier
fig. f Ronald Olivier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109643781
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. g Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97772017
Dais cotinifolia, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. h Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97330557

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Dais cotinifolia is native: Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Cape ProvincesEswatiniFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMalawiNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Dais cotinifolia, 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
Eswatini SWZ
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Malawi MLW
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
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 9 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.

  • Dais canescens Bartl. ex Meisn.
  • Dais cotinifolia var. laurifolia (Jacq.) Meisn.
  • Dais cotinifolia var. major Meisn.
  • Dais cotinifolia var. parvifolia Meisn.
  • Dais eriocephala Licht. ex Meisn.
  • Dais laurifolia Jacq.
  • Dais passerina J.C.Wendl. ex Meisn.
  • Gnidia grandifolia (Gilli) Gilli
  • Lasiosiphon grandifolius Gilli

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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