Rhipidoglossum rutilum(Rchb.f.) Schltr.

WFO wfo-0000296253 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Rhipidoglossum rutilum, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. a Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / 2021-03-27 / obs. 117729098
Rhipidoglossum rutilum, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. b Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 117729101
Rhipidoglossum rutilum, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. c Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 117724560
Rhipidoglossum rutilum, photographed by Ricardo Lima
fig. d Ricardo Lima, CC0 1.0 / obs. 117729115

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000306281
Filed as
Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Det. by
Summerhayes, V.S.
Collected
Lowry 1886-11-01
Origin
GA
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Rhipidoglossum rutilum is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaLiberiaMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Rhipidoglossum rutilum, 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
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
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 16 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.

  • Aeranthes rutilus Rchb.f.
  • Angraecopsis rutila (Rchb.f.) R.Rice
  • Angraecum erecto-calcaratum De Wild.
  • Angraecum woodianum Schltr.
  • Chamaeangis schliebenii Mansf.
  • Diaphananthe erecto-calcarata (De Wild.) Summerh.
  • Diaphananthe margaritae (De Wild.) Schltr.
  • Diaphananthe rutila (Rchb.f.) Summerh.
  • Listrostachys gabonensis Rolfe
  • Listrostachys margaritae De Wild.
  • Listrostachys multiflora Rolfe
  • Mystacidium kaessnerianum Kraenzl.
  • Mystacidium rutilum (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
  • Rhipidoglossum erecto-calcaratum (De Wild.) Summerh.
  • Rhipidoglossum woodianum (Schltr.) Schltr.
  • Tridactyle erecto-calcarata (De Wild.) Schltr.

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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