Glottiphyllum depressum(Haw.) N.E.Br.

WFO wfo-0000704131 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Di Turner
fig. a Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-10 / obs. 155848004
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. b Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126624357
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 102081917
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Di Turner
fig. d Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 34951298
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Di Turner
fig. e Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15900208
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. f Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15121794
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. g Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15121812
Glottiphyllum depressum, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. h Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 92616553

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Glottiphyllum depressum is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Glottiphyllum depressum, 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 31 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.

  • Glottiphyllum barrydalense Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum buffelsvleyense Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum fragrans (Salm-Dyck) Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum framesii L.Bolus
  • Glottiphyllum haagei Tischer
  • Glottiphyllum jacobsenianum Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum marlothii Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum muirii N.E.Br.
  • Glottiphyllum nysiae Schwantes
  • Glottiphyllum platycarpum L.Bolus
  • Glottiphyllum proclive N.E.Br.
  • Glottiphyllum rufescens (Haw.) Tischer
  • Glottiphyllum starkeae L.Bolus
  • Glottiphyllum taurinum (Haw.) N.E.Br.
  • Glottiphyllum uniondalense L.Bolus
  • Mesembryanthemum angustum var. heterophyllum Salm-Dyck
  • Mesembryanthemum depressum Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum depressum var. lividum Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum depressum var. pallens Haw.
  • Mesembryanthemum fragrans Salm-Dyck
  • Mesembryanthemum linguaeforme subvar. heterophyllum (Haw.) A.Berger
  • Mesembryanthemum linguaeforme var. angustum (Haw.) A.Berger
  • Mesembryanthemum linguaeforme var. fragrans (Salm-Dyck) A.Berger
  • Mesembryanthemum linguaeforme var. rufescens Haw.

and 7 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.

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