Stegnosperma halimifoliumBenth.

WFO wfo-0001091620 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. a Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-19 / obs. 189415063
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. b Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177174169
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. c Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171234031
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. d Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63393842
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. e Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60250970
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. f Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57292582
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. g Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35198712
Stegnosperma halimifolium, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. h Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34972920

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Stegnosperma halimifolium is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico NorthwestMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Stegnosperma halimifolium, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 2 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.

  • Stegnosperma scandens (Lunan) Standl.
  • Trichilia scandens Lunan

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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