Girardinia diversifolia(Link) Friis

WFO wfo-0000703336 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Jagdish Singh Negi
fig. a Jagdish Singh Negi, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-02 / obs. 174559643
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Chen Jia Hong
fig. b Chen Jia Hong, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172362971
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 169952428
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 169975453
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. e Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145416462
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by Ramnarayan K
fig. f Ramnarayan K, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84743481
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by 黃美滿
fig. g 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63386709
Girardinia diversifolia, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64404071

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Native range 47 botanical countries

Regions where Girardinia diversifolia is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AngolaBurundiCameroonDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaGuineaIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastInner MongoliaManchuriaPrimoryeTaiwanTibetYemenAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalPakistanSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Korea
Native distribution of Girardinia diversifolia, 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
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Inner Mongolia CHI
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Primorye PRM
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
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.

Where it actually grows measured, from 670 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -6.8 °C 4.4 °C 11.5 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 18.1 °C 21.9 °C 30.1 °C
Annual rainfall 1,082 mm 3,708 mm 4,638 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 13 mm 185 mm 301 mm

It is found where winters bring hard frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 670 research-grade observations of Girardinia diversifolia that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 50 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.

  • Fleurya humulifolia Kunth
  • Girardinia adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.
  • Girardinia armata Kunth
  • Girardinia chingiana S.S.Chien
  • Girardinia condensata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.
  • Girardinia condensata var. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) De Wild.
  • Girardinia cuspidata subsp. grammata C.J.Chen
  • Girardinia cuspidata subsp. triloba C.J.Chen
  • Girardinia diversifolia subsp. ciliata (C.J.Chen) H.W.Li
  • Girardinia erosa Decne.
  • Girardinia erosa var. occidentalis Leandri
  • Girardinia formosana Hayata ex Yamam.
  • Girardinia furialis Blume
  • Girardinia heterophylla Decne.
  • Girardinia heterophylla subsp. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Cufod.
  • Girardinia heterophylla var. palmata Hook.f.
  • Girardinia heterophylla var. zeylanica (Decne.) Hook.f.
  • Girardinia hibiscifolia Miq.
  • Girardinia javanica Wedd.
  • Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne.
  • Girardinia longispica Hand.-Mazz.
  • Girardinia longispica subsp. conferta C.J.Chen
  • Girardinia palmata Gaudich. ex Blume
  • Girardinia palmata subsp. ciliata C.J.Chen

and 26 more.

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.