Nicipe juncifolia(Jacq.) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo & Juan

WFO wfo-0000922012 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-09 / obs. 172171591
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by melda
fig. b melda, CC0 1.0 / obs. 106220994
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. c Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 67665137
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. d Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57070617
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. e Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 119454402
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15428803
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Christina
fig. g Christina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171289303
Nicipe juncifolia, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. h Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 54993239

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Nicipe juncifolia is native: Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Northern Provinces Cape ProvincesFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Nicipe juncifolia, 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
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Northern Provinces TVL

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 15 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.

  • Anthericum pauper Poelln.
  • Anthericum quadrifidum Poelln.
  • Ornithogalum brevifolium Leight.
  • Ornithogalum brevifolium F.M.Leight.
  • Ornithogalum epigeum F.M.Leight.
  • Ornithogalum griseum Baker
  • Ornithogalum juncifolium Jacq.
  • Ornithogalum juncifolium var. emsii van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
  • Ornithogalum langebergense F.M.Leight.
  • Ornithogalum leptophyllum Baker
  • Ornithogalum limosum Fourc.
  • Ornithogalum oliganthum Baker
  • Ornithogalum stenostachyum Baker
  • Ornithogalum subulatum Baker
  • Ornithogalum tenuipes C.H.Wright

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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