Searsia magalismontana(Sond.) Moffett

WFO wfo-0000510265 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Innes Buchner
fig. a Innes Buchner, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-30 / obs. 166576401
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104468222
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101878859
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59184069
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59042916
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 25137025
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. g Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59043783
Searsia magalismontana, photographed by Nic Knott-Craig
fig. h Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 158135013

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Searsia magalismontana is native: Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe BotswanaCape ProvincesFree StateNorthern ProvincesZimbabwe
Native distribution of Searsia magalismontana, 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
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Free State OFS
Northern Provinces TVL
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 14 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.

  • Rhus burkeana Sond.
  • Rhus cinerea R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus coddii R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus coriacea Engl.
  • Rhus magalismontana Sond.
  • Rhus magalismontana subsp. coddii (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) Moffett
  • Rhus magalismontana subsp. trifoliolata (Baker f.) Moffett
  • Rhus oblanceolata Schinz
  • Rhus rhodesiensis R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus rhodesiensis f. glabra R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus schliebenii R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus trifoliolata Baker f.
  • Toxicodendron burkeanum (Sond.) Kuntze
  • Toxicodendron coriaceum (Engl.) Kuntze

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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