Tridactyle tridentata(Harv.) Schltr.

WFO wfo-0000328129 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by Jonathan Whitaker
fig. a Jonathan Whitaker, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-26 / obs. 97256935
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 34421594
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. c i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27715214
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. d i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198818139
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. e i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167741624
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. f i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57027137
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. g i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57027144
Tridactyle tridentata, photographed by Jonathan Whitaker
fig. h Jonathan Whitaker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 185662990

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Tridactyle tridentata is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoGabonGhanaGuineaIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSierra LeoneTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Tridactyle tridentata, 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
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Sierra Leone SIE
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
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 5 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.

  • Angraecum bolusii Rolfe
  • Angraecum goetzeanum Kraenzl.
  • Angraecum tridentatum Harv.
  • Tridactyle bolusii (Rolfe) Schltr.
  • Tridactyle goetzeana (Kraenzl.) Schltr.

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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