Loeseneriella crenata(Klotzsch) R.Wilczek

WFO wfo-0000358989 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, 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.

Loeseneriella crenata, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. a Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-12-26 / obs. 109105745
Loeseneriella crenata, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. b Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109105738
Loeseneriella crenata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. c rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201646829
Loeseneriella crenata, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. d rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201647222

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Loeseneriella crenata is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonKenyaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Loeseneriella crenata, 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
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 7 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.

  • Gymnema crenata Klotzsch
  • Gymnema crenatum Klotzsch
  • Hippocratea apocynoides var. mildbraedii Loes.
  • Hippocratea crenata (Klotzsch) K.Schum. & Loes.
  • Hippocratea kirkii Welw. ex Oliv.
  • Hippocratea lasiandra Loes. ex Harms
  • Hippocratea loandensis Exell

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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