Satyrium coriifoliumSw.

WFO wfo-0000304687 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by Justin Ponder
fig. a Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-06 / obs. 177896987
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by linkie
fig. b linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165802680
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by linkie
fig. c linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164597122
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by linkie
fig. d linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164442695
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. e douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166415089
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. f Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158383182
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by Justin Ponder
fig. g Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158582491
Satyrium coriifolium, photographed by Justin Ponder
fig. h Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158580992

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Satyrium coriifolium is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Satyrium coriifolium, 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

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 10 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.

  • Diplecthrum coriifolium (Sw.) Pers.
  • Diplecthrum erectum Pers.
  • Orchis bicornis L.
  • Orchis calcarata Burm.f.
  • Orchis cornuta Houtt.
  • Satyrium aureum Paxton
  • Satyrium chrysostachyum Herschel
  • Satyrium coriifolium var. maculatum Hook.f.
  • Satyrium cucullatum G.Lodd.
  • Satyrium erectum (Pers.) Lindl.

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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