Rhynchosia capensisSchinz

WFO wfo-0000186003 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. a Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-10-23 / obs. 55014508
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by linkie
fig. b linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53032402
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58768181
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. d Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56647935
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. e Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15852795
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Diana Studer
fig. f Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172557795
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 105019729
Rhynchosia capensis, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. h Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 33615866

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
4811639
Filed as
Rhynchosia capensis Schinz
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
W. J. Burchell
Origin
ZA
The sheet
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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchosia capensis is native: Cape Provinces, Eswatini Cape ProvincesEswatini
Native distribution of Rhynchosia capensis, 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
Eswatini SWZ

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 10 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.

  • Copisma glabrum (Spreng.) E.Mey.
  • Copisma glandulosum (Thunb.) E.Mey.
  • Dolicholus capensis (Burm.f.) Kuntze
  • Glycine glabra Spreng.
  • Glycine glandulosa Thunb.
  • Glycine heterophylla Thunb.
  • Phaseolus capensis Burm.f.
  • Rhynchosia glabra DC.
  • Rhynchosia glandulosa (Thunb.) DC.
  • Rhynchosia riparia Eckl. & Zeyh.

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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