Searsia tumulicola(S.Moore) Moffett

WFO wfo-0000510310 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-02-24 / obs. 65650817
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64851803
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64851704
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64934589
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64934507
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64530510
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64424594
Searsia tumulicola, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64421278

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Searsia tumulicola is native: Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe EswatiniKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesZimbabwe
Native distribution of Searsia tumulicola, 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
Eswatini SWZ AFRICA
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Mozambique MOZ
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 12 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 culminum R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus dura Schönland
  • Rhus ernestii Schönland
  • Rhus synstylica R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus synstylica var. meeuseana R.Fern. & A.Fern.
  • Rhus synstylica var. synstylica
  • Rhus tumulicola S.Moore
  • Rhus tumulicola f. meeuseana (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) Moffett
  • Rhus tumulicola f. pumila Moffett
  • Rhus tumulicola f. pumila Moffett
  • Rhus tumulicola var. meeuseana (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) Moffett
  • Searsia dura (Schönland) F.A.Barkley

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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