Mesembryanthemum rapaceumJacq.

WFO wfo-0000370871 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. a Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / 2021-09-02 / obs. 177120140
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15117659
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15118343
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15161208
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15118441
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15119438
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15162780
Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. h Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 24448688

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Mesembryanthemum rapaceum is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Mesembryanthemum rapaceum, 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 4 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.

  • Caulipsolon rapaceum (Jacq.) Klak
  • Mesembryanthemum grossum Haw.
  • Psilocaulon longipes L.Bolus
  • Psilocaulon rapaceum (Jacq.) Schwantes

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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