Stauracanthus boivinii(Webb) Samp.

WFO wfo-0000213406 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. a Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-02 / obs. 181362721
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. b Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181104569
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. c Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180893655
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. d Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180893036
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. e Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176881303
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. f Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177134282
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. g Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176432285
Stauracanthus boivinii, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. h Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177227307

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Stauracanthus boivinii is native: Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoPortugalSpain
Native distribution of Stauracanthus boivinii, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Portugal POR EUROPE
Spain SPA

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 50 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.

  • Leonhardia boivinii (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia cossonii (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia escayracii (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia lurida (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia megalorites (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia salzmannii (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia vaillantii (Webb) Opiz
  • Leonhardia webbiana (Coss.) Opiz
  • Nepa boivinii (Webb) Webb
  • Nepa boivinii var. tazensis (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) Valdés
  • Nepa cossonii Webb
  • Nepa escayracii Webb
  • Nepa lurida Webb
  • Nepa megalorites Webb
  • Nepa salzmannii Webb
  • Nepa vaillantii Webb
  • Nepa webbiana (Coss.) Webb
  • Stauracanthus boivinii f. escayracii (Webb) Samp.
  • Stauracanthus boivinii f. luridus (Webb) Samp.
  • Stauracanthus boivinii f. vaillantii (Webb) Samp.
  • Stauracanthus boivinii f. webbianus (Coss.) Samp.
  • Stauracanthus nepa Samp.
  • Stauracanthus nepa f. escayracii (Webb) Samp.
  • Stauracanthus nepa f. lurida (Webb) Samp.

and 26 more.

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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