Thamnochortus lucens(Poir.) H.P.Linder

WFO wfo-0000570950 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by linkie
fig. a linkie, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-22 / obs. 165773556
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60195593
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by sharndreheuvel
fig. c sharndreheuvel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 53106955
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. d Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 40102766
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. e Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 35937422
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. f Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 35935371
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. g Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 35939979
Thamnochortus lucens, photographed by Chris Vynbos
fig. h Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 35940236

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Thamnochortus lucens is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Thamnochortus lucens, 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 14 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.

  • Restio dichotomus Rottb.
  • Restio lucens Poir.
  • Restio lucens var. minor Mast.
  • Restio scariosus Sieber ex Kunth
  • Restio thamnochortus Thunb.
  • Restio vimineus L.
  • Thamnochortus bromoides Kunth
  • Thamnochortus dichotomus R.Br.
  • Thamnochortus dichotomus (Thunb.) Loudon
  • Thamnochortus dichotomus Mast.
  • Thamnochortus dichotomus var. hyalinus Pillans
  • Thamnochortus ecklonianus Kunth
  • Thamnochortus papillosus Pillans
  • Thamnochortus spicigerus Sieber ex Kunth

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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