Scleranthus biflorus(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

WFO wfo-0001291295 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleranthus biflorus, photographed by Jane Canaway
fig. a Jane Canaway, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-06 / obs. 175679932

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Scleranthus biflorus is native: New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria New South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthTasmaniaVictoria
Native distribution of Scleranthus biflorus, 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
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC

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 1 synonym

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.

  • Mniarum biflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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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