Tripogon purpurascensDuthie

WFO wfo-0000904768 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Tripogon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2021-08-12 / obs. 150623938
Tripogon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150621645
Tripogon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. c S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150623949
Tripogon purpurascens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150421937

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Tripogon purpurascens is native: Afghanistan, Mongolia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Xinjiang, Yemen, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, West Himalaya AfghanistanMongoliaOmanSaudi ArabiaXinjiangYemenEast HimalayaIndiaNepalPakistanThailandWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Tripogon purpurascens, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Mongolia MON
Oman OMA
Saudi Arabia SAU
Xinjiang CHX
Yemen YEM
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Thailand THA
West Himalaya WHM

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 4 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.

  • Tripogon abyssinicus Hook.f.
  • Tripogon hookerianus Bor
  • Tripogon jacquemontii var. submuticus Hook.f.
  • Tripogon submuticus Hack. ex Hook.f.

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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