Heteromorpha arborescens(Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl.

WFO wfo-0000721324 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. a Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 195661396
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 183142617
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. c Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182211320
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Marianne Le Roux
fig. d Marianne Le Roux, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124689124
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. e douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 62408123
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. f Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62441886
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. g Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59037677
Heteromorpha arborescens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 42096356

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Heteromorpha arborescens is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen AngolaBotswanaBurundiCape ProvincesEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweYemen
Native distribution of Heteromorpha arborescens, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cape Provinces CPP
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Yemen YEM ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 17 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.

  • Annesorhiza abyssinica A.Rich.
  • Annesorhiza abyssinica A.Braun
  • Bupleurum arborescens Thunb.
  • Bupleurum collinum D.Dietr.
  • Bupleurum trifoliatum Wendl. & Bartl.
  • Buprestis arborescens Spreng.
  • Franchetella arborescens (Spreng.) Kuntze
  • Franchetella arborescens var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze
  • Franchetella arborescens var. stenophylla Hiern
  • Heteromorpha abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Heteromorpha abyssinica Hochst.
  • Heteromorpha abyssinica var. simplicifolia A.Rich.
  • Heteromorpha arborescens var. trifoliata (H.L.Wendl. & Bartl.) Sond.
  • Heteromorpha collina Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Heteromorpha stolzii H.Wolff
  • Heteromorpha trifoliata (H.L.Wendl. & Bartl.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Tenoria arborescens (Spreng.) Spreng.

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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