Tabernaemontana elegansStapf

WFO wfo-0000319847 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. a Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-10-25 / obs. 165800547
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. b Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 12682110
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. c Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 13304318
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. d Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15235254
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Presha Soogrim
fig. e Presha Soogrim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193781264
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Benjamin Fredlund
fig. f Benjamin Fredlund, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192123256
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Presha Soogrim
fig. g Presha Soogrim, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132555823
Tabernaemontana elegans, photographed by Andrew Deacon
fig. h Andrew Deacon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15128508

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Tabernaemontana elegans is native: Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe EswatiniKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesSomaliaTanzaniaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Tabernaemontana elegans, 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
Eswatini SWZ AFRICA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Zimbabwe ZIM

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.

  • Conopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Stapf
  • Leptopharyngia elegans (Stapf) Boiteau

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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