Valantia muralisL.

WFO wfo-0000330870 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Valantia muralis, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. a Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-30 / obs. 185512552
Valantia muralis, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135245487
Valantia muralis, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. c Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 128893802
Valantia muralis, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. d Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120927186
Valantia muralis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. e Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116444980
Valantia muralis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. f Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115116084
Valantia muralis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. g Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113800230
Valantia muralis, photographed by Eleftherios Katsillis
fig. h Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112108560

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Valantia muralis is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineTürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Valantia muralis, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 11 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.

  • Galium vexans Rchb.f.
  • Valantia aculeata Ten.
  • Valantia glaberrima Gand.
  • Valantia hirta A.Rich.
  • Valantia hispida var. incrassata Batt.
  • Valantia incrassata Pomel
  • Valantia intricata Lojac.
  • Valantia muralis subvar. aculeata (Ten.) Nyman
  • Valantia muralis var. aculeata (Ten.) Nyman
  • Valantia pantocsekii Gand.
  • Valantia quadriflora Moench

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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