Tapinanthus oleifolius(J.C.Wendl.) Danser

WFO wfo-0000413298 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-17 / obs. 169561374
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by desertnaturalist
fig. b desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202846427
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. c Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139260406
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Ricus Nel
fig. d Ricus Nel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122194039
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. e Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 90690899
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51946918
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51451280
Tapinanthus oleifolius, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 51451494

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Tapinanthus oleifolius is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripFree StateMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Tapinanthus oleifolius, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Caprivi Strip CPV
Free State OFS
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Zambia ZAM
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 16 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.

  • Chiridium speciosum Tiegh.
  • Lichtensteinia oleifolia J.C.Wendl.
  • Lichtensteinia speciosa Tiegh.
  • Loranthus bumbensis Hiern
  • Loranthus lichtensteinii Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Loranthus meyeri var. inachabensis Engl.
  • Loranthus namaquensis Harv.
  • Loranthus namaquensis var. ligustrifolius Engl.
  • Loranthus oleifolius Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Loranthus oleifolius var. luteus Neusser
  • Loranthus quinquangulus Engl.
  • Loranthus quinquangulus var. pedicellatus Sprague
  • Loranthus zambesicus Gibbs
  • Scurrula oleifolia G.Don
  • Tapinanthus namaquensis (Harv.) Tiegh.
  • Tapinanthus quinquangulus (Engl. & Schinz) Danser

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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