Isachne albensTrin.

WFO wfo-0000875820 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Isachne albens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-05-31 / obs. 76502709
Isachne albens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76502702
Isachne albens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76502691
Isachne albens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76502723
Isachne albens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76502741

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Native range 45 botanical countries

Regions where Isachne albens is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastLiberiaMozambiqueNigeriaSierra LeoneTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Isachne albens, 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
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Liberia LBR
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Sierra Leone SIE
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 21 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.

  • Isachne albens var. elatiuscula (Ohwi) Jansen
  • Isachne albens var. glandulifera Keng
  • Isachne albens var. magna (Merr.) Jansen
  • Isachne apoensis Elmer
  • Isachne arisanensis Hayata
  • Isachne beneckei var. magna Merr.
  • Isachne bomoensis Vanderyst
  • Isachne brixhii Vanderyst
  • Isachne buettneri Hack.
  • Isachne elatiuscula Ohwi
  • Isachne griffithii Munro
  • Isachne hirsuta var. angusta W.Z.Fang
  • Isachne hirsuta var. yongxiouensis W.Z.Fang
  • Isachne latifolia Munro
  • Isachne magna (Merr.) Merr.
  • Isachne mortehanii Vanderyst
  • Isachne pynaertii Vanderyst
  • Isachne scandens C.E.Hubb.
  • Panicum albens (Trin.) Steud.
  • Panicum saxatile Steud.
  • Panicum zollingeri Steud.

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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