Phyllocephalum scabridum(DC.) K.Kirkman

WFO wfo-0000067204 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-09 / obs. 168515809
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161449860
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 161535774
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 97882026
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. e S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 96281215
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118551955
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by S.MORE
fig. g S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 113688265
Phyllocephalum scabridum, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130701664

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Phyllocephalum scabridum is native: India India
Native distribution of Phyllocephalum scabridum, 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
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL

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 25 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.

  • Ampherephis mollis Wall.
  • Baccharoides courtallensis (Wight) Punekar & Vasudeva Rao
  • Baccharoides scabrida (DC.) M.R.Almeida
  • Cacalia clarkeana Kuntze
  • Cacalia hookeri Kuntze
  • Centratherum courtallense (Wight) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Centratherum courtallense (Wight) Benth.
  • Centratherum hookeri C.B.Clarke
  • Centratherum metzianum Hook.f.
  • Centratherum molle Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Centratherum rangacharii Gamble
  • Centratherum ritchiei Hook.f.
  • Centratherum tenue C.B.Clarke
  • Decaneurum angustifolium Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke
  • Decaneurum courtallense Wight
  • Decaneurum epilejum DC.
  • Decaneurum molle (Wall.) DC.
  • Decaneurum molle var. epilejum (DC.) DC.
  • Decaneurum molle var. scabridum (DC.) DC.
  • Decaneurum scabridum DC.
  • Gymnanthemum molle Sch.Bip.
  • Gymnanthemum molle (DC.) Sch.Bip. ex Walp.
  • Gymnanthemum molle Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.
  • Phyllocephalum courtallense (Wight) Narayana

and 1 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. 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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