Struthiola dodecandra(L.) Druce

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WFO wfo-0001142427 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by linkie
fig. a linkie, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 195063336
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. b Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171789227
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by Diana Studer
fig. c Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171677216
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by linkie
fig. d linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164375013
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by Caroline Voget
fig. e Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156651262
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 108989086
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by De Waal Hugo
fig. g De Waal Hugo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91066640
Struthiola dodecandra, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. h Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54792790

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Struthiola dodecandra is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Struthiola dodecandra, 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
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA

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 18 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.

  • Belvala dodecandra (L.) Kuntze
  • Belvala dodecapetala (Bartl. ex Meisn.) Kuntze
  • Dessenia scoparia Raf.
  • Lachnaea dodecandra (L.) Crantz
  • Nectandra tetrandra P.J.Bergius
  • Passerina dodecandra L.
  • Passerina filiformis Mill.
  • Passerina tetragona Steud.
  • Struthiola dodecapetala Bartl. ex Meisn.
  • Struthiola erecta L.
  • Struthiola erecta var. ambigua Meisn.
  • Struthiola erecta var. angustifolia Meisn.
  • Struthiola erecta var. vulgaris Meisn.
  • Struthiola glabra Roem. & Schult.
  • Struthiola longifolia C.H.Wright
  • Struthiola pendula Salisb.
  • Struthiola subulata Lam.
  • Struthiola tetragona Retz.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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