Umbilicus intermediusBoiss.

WFO wfo-0000415373 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, 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.

Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-04-10 / obs. 110773760
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. b Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110773741
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110773749
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. d Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184998938
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Dan Killam
fig. e Dan Killam, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35460761
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. f Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184998957
Umbilicus intermedius, photographed by Mitch Van Dyke
fig. g Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184998977

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Umbilicus intermedius is native: Egypt, Libya, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Yemen EgyptLibyaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeYemen
Native distribution of Umbilicus intermedius, 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
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Egypt EGY AFRICA
Libya LBY

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.

  • Cotyledon intermedia (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Cotyledon intermedia Pamp.
  • Umbilicus horizontalis var. intermedius (Boiss.) Chamberlain
  • Umbilicus lineolatus Boiss.
  • Umbilicus pendulinus var. intermedius (Boiss.) Post

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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