Korthalsella taenioides(Juss.) Endl.

Kaumahana

WFO wfo-0000357921 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-05 / obs. 183471522
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. b Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180751356
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. c Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173169080
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. d Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170541064
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. e Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158516805
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. f Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153256704
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. g Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151950606
Korthalsella taenioides, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. h Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131462457

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Korthalsella taenioides is native: Madagascar, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn Is., Samoa, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu MadagascarNew South WalesQueenslandFijiHawaiiNew Caledonia Norfolk Is.Cook Is.MarquesasNiuePitcairn Is.SamoaSociety Is.TuamotuTubuai Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Korthalsella taenioides, 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
Cook Is. COO PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Hawaii HAW
Marquesas MRQ
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Pitcairn Is. PIT
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
Tuamotu TUA
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Norfolk Is. NFK
Queensland QLD
Madagascar MDG 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 55 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.

  • Amyema tahitensis Danser
  • Arceuthobium taenioides (Juss.) Cordem.
  • Bifaria albicans Tiegh.
  • Bifaria balansae Tiegh.
  • Bifaria bigibba Tiegh.
  • Bifaria breviarticulata Tiegh.
  • Bifaria complanata Tiegh.
  • Bifaria crassa Tiegh.
  • Bifaria dichotoma Tiegh.
  • Bifaria disticha (Endl.) Tiegh.
  • Bifaria helleri Tiegh.
  • Bifaria hillebrandii Tiegh.
  • Bifaria latissima Tiegh.
  • Bifaria mixta Tiegh.
  • Bifaria ovalis Tiegh.
  • Bifaria pancheri Tiegh.
  • Bifaria platycaula Tiegh.
  • Bifaria remyi Tiegh.
  • Bifaria rubescens Tiegh.
  • Bifaria rugosa Tiegh.
  • Bifaria taenioides (Juss.) Tiegh.
  • Bifaria vitiensis Tiegh.
  • Korthalsella australis (F.M.Bailey) Blakely
  • Korthalsella breviarticulata (Tiegh.) Danser

and 31 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol KOCO. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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