Ruscus hypophyllumL.

WFO wfo-0000732809 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. a Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-03-27 / obs. 102211527
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Yan Wong
fig. b Yan Wong, CC0 1.0 / obs. 342883
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. c Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171319194
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. d Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168667215
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. e Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138770420
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. f Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138401443
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. g Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138573806
Ruscus hypophyllum, photographed by karim Attouche
fig. h karim Attouche, CC0 1.0 / obs. 122623594

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Ruscus hypophyllum is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaItalySiciliaSpain
Native distribution of Ruscus hypophyllum, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Italy ITA EUROPE
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA

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.

  • Platyruscus hypophyllum (L.) A.P.Khokhr. & V.N.Tikhom.
  • Ruscus hypophyllum (Mill.) Loudon
  • Ruscus lugubris Salisb.
  • Ruscus trifoliatus Mill.

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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