Rhoicissus revoiliiPlanch.

WFO wfo-0001145277 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Andrew Deacon
fig. a Andrew Deacon, CC0 1.0 / 2019-03-23 / obs. 34954880
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Antoinette Eyssell Knox
fig. b Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15508167
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by M Kriek
fig. c M Kriek, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15737005
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Wynand Uys
fig. d Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15756505
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. e Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167244850
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. f Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115195464
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Ryan van Huyssteen
fig. g Ryan van Huyssteen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 15670646
Rhoicissus revoilii, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. h Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63814679

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Rhoicissus revoilii is native: Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen DjiboutiDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaGhanaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen Comoros
Native distribution of Rhoicissus revoilii, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Comoros COM AFRICA
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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.

  • Rhoicissus drepanophylla Gilg
  • Rhoicissus magalismontanus Oberm.
  • Rhoicissus sansibarensis Gilg
  • Rhoicissus schlechteri Gilg & M.Brandt

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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