Secamone ellipticaR.Br.

WFO wfo-0001102475 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203466183
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184768107
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184288273
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 183957383
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184003921
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182533431
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174801046
Secamone elliptica, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 173112610

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Secamone elliptica is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, New Caledonia China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanCambodiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaNew GuineaPhilippinesThailandVietnamNew South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern AustraliaNew Caledonia
Native distribution of Secamone elliptica, 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
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
New Caledonia NWC PACIFIC

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.

  • Cynanchum dichasiale O.Schwarz
  • Secamone attenuata Decne.
  • Secamone bonii Costantin
  • Secamone finlaysonii Wight
  • Secamone lanceolata Blume
  • Secamone micrantha (Decne.) Decne.
  • Secamone multiflora Decne.
  • Secamone ovata R.Br.
  • Secamone siamica Kerr
  • Tylophora micrantha Decne.

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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