Rottboellia rottboellioides(R.Br.) Druce

WFO wfo-0000896370 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 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.

Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. a Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / 2021-02-04 / obs. 112016808
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. b Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016827
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. c Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016839
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. d Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016864
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. e Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016876
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. f Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016893
Rottboellia rottboellioides, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. g Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112016909

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Rottboellia rottboellioides is native: Lesser Sunda Is., New Guinea, Philippines, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia Lesser Sunda Is.New GuineaPhilippinesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia
Native distribution of Rottboellia rottboellioides, 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
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI ASIA-TROPICAL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU

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 12 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.

  • Andropogon rottboellioides (R.Br.) Steud.
  • Coelorachis rottboellioides (R.Br.) A.Camus
  • Coelorachis rottboellioides var. commutata (Hack.) Henrard
  • Coelorachis rottboellioides var. hirsuta Jansen
  • Coelorachis rottboellioides var. intermedia (Hack.) Jansen
  • Ischaemum rottboellioides R.Br.
  • Manisuris rottboelliodes (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Mnesithea rottboellioides (R.Br.) de Koning & Sosef
  • Rottboellia ophiuroides Benth.
  • Rottboellia ophiuroides var. commutata Hack.
  • Rottboellia ophiuroides var. intermedia Hack.
  • Rottboellia ophiuroides var. vestita Domin

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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