Salix mucronataThunb.

WFO wfo-0001133517 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salix mucronata, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. a Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 191511101
Salix mucronata, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. b Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 97344815
Salix mucronata, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. c douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 62016290
Salix mucronata, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. d Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56465755
Salix mucronata, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. e Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 28610341
Salix mucronata, photographed by Christiaan Viljoen
fig. f Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150496688
Salix mucronata, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. g Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199380998
Salix mucronata, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. h Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165362228

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Salix mucronata is native: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lebanon-Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen AngolaBotswanaCameroonCape ProvincesDR CongoEgyptEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGuineaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoLibyaMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweLebanon-SyriaSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemen
Native distribution of Salix mucronata, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Guinea GUI
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Libya LBY
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM

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 39 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.

  • Pleiarina capensis (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina crateradenia (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina hirsuta (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina huillensis (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina hutchinsii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina mucronata (Thunb.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina murielii (Skan) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina nigritina (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina nilicola (Ehrenb. ex Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina ramiflora (Seemen) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina schweinfurthii (Toepff.) N.Chao & J.Liu
  • Pleiarina subserrata (Willd.) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Pleiarina woodii (Seemen) N.Chao & G.T.Gong
  • Salix axillaris Anderss. ex A.Rich.
  • Salix capensis Thunb.
  • Salix capensis var. gariepina Anders.
  • Salix capensis var. mucronata Anders.
  • Salix crateradenia Seemen
  • Salix cyathipoda Anderss. ex A.Rich.
  • Salix hirsuta Thunb.
  • Salix huillensis Seemen
  • Salix hutchinsii Skan
  • Salix mucronata subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Immelman
  • Salix mucronata subsp. hirsuta (Thunb.) Immelman

and 15 more.

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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