Rindera tetraspisPall.

WFO wfo-0000402726 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. a Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / 2014-05-09 / obs. 99959039
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959018
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959033
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959024
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. e Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959141
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959133
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. g Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959127
Rindera tetraspis, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. h Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99959048

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Rindera tetraspis is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, East European Russia, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine AfghanistanAltayKazakhstanKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangEast European RussiaKrymSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Rindera tetraspis, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Krym KRY
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR

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 2 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.

  • Cynoglossum tetraspis (Pallas) Greuter & Burdet
  • Rindera laevigata Roem. & Schult.

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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