Erepsia bracteata(Aiton) Schwantes

WFO wfo-0000671155 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 193760683
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193147159
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by linkie
fig. c linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194806247
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175931026
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 60449932
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. f Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37701415
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. g Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 36702944
Erepsia bracteata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 36778608

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Erepsia bracteata is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Erepsia bracteata, 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 12 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.

  • Erepsia caledonica L.Bolus
  • Erepsia compressa (Haw.) Schwantes
  • Erepsia pachycarpum Schlechter
  • Erepsia racemosa (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
  • Erepsia radiata (Haw.) Schwantes
  • Erepsia sessilis Schlechter
  • Mesembryanthemum asperum-caerulescens Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum bracteatum Aiton
  • Mesembryanthemum compressum Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum racemosum N.E.Br.
  • Mesembryanthemum radiatum Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum scabrum Thunb. ex Sond.

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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