Swertia macrosperma(C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke

WFO wfo-0001063880 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-16 / obs. 93564491
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. b Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24227498
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. c Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24227867
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93392896
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32623031
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by yijie
fig. f yijie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 162441461
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. g Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47075353
Swertia macrosperma, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. h Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46447395

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Swertia macrosperma is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaMyanmarNepal
Native distribution of Swertia macrosperma, 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
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP

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 3 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.

  • Ophelia macrosperma C.B.Clarke
  • Swertia randaiensis Hayata
  • Swertia scandens H.Lév.

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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