Riocreuxia torulosaDecne.

WFO wfo-0001102412 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Sunčana Bradley
fig. a Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-07 / obs. 115053959
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by James Deacon
fig. b James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115896397
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by James Deacon
fig. c James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115399678
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. d Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58318516
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Hlengiwe Mtshali
fig. e Hlengiwe Mtshali, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 39805431
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. f Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 22059739
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Sunčana Bradley
fig. g Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179953707
Riocreuxia torulosa, photographed by Sam McCarren
fig. h Sam McCarren, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144606135

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Riocreuxia torulosa is native: Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces Cape ProvincesFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMozambiqueNorthern Provinces
Native distribution of Riocreuxia torulosa, 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
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL

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 6 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.

  • Ceropegia effusa Huber
  • Ceropegia effusa H.Huber
  • Ceropegia torulosa E.Mey.
  • Riocreuxia torulosa var. longidens N.E.Br.
  • Riocreuxia torulosa var. obsoleta N.E.Br.
  • Riocreuxia torulosa var. tomentosa N.E.Br.

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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