Triumfetta annuaL.

WFO wfo-0000457312 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-10-02 / obs. 161666353
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118551386
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129005737
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129011251
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 150454114
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162850131
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162863303
Triumfetta annua, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135209793

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Triumfetta annua is native: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam AngolaBotswanaCameroonChadDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaMalayaMyanmarNepalPakistanThailandVietnam Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Triumfetta annua, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cameroon CMN
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS

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 6 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.

  • Triumfetta annua f. annua
  • Triumfetta annua f. piligera Sprague & Hutch.
  • Triumfetta nipaulensis G.Don
  • Triumfetta schimperi Hochst.
  • Triumfetta trichoclada DC.
  • Triumfetta triclada Link

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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