Yamazakia pusilla(Willd.) W.R.Barker, Y.S.Liang & Wannan

WFO wfo-1000008150 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203250735
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 170153955
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. c Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 169044950
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. d Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135220144
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Rejoice Gassah
fig. e Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113078273
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Sandipan Das
fig. f Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98376788
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. g Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44512814
Yamazakia pusilla, photographed by 葉子
fig. h 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28383293

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Yamazakia pusilla is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is. China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueensland Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Yamazakia pusilla, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC

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 23 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.

  • Bonnaya vahlii G.Don
  • Diceros caespitosus Blume
  • Lindernia caespitosa (Blume) Panigrahi
  • Lindernia hirta (Cham. & Schltdl.) Pennell
  • Lindernia laxa (Benth.) Mukerjee
  • Lindernia pusilla (Willd.) Merr.
  • Lindernia pusilla (Willd.) Bold.
  • Lindernia scabra Wettst.
  • Lindernia stellariifolia Hayata
  • Pyxidaria caespitosa (Blume) Kuntze
  • Pyxidaria pusilla (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Tittmannia hirta Benth.
  • Tittmannia pusilla (Willd.) Benth.
  • Tittmannia sulcata Wight ex Wall.
  • Torenia globosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Torenia hirta Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Vandellia caespitosa (Blume) Benth.
  • Vandellia hirta (Cham. & Schltdl.) T.Yamaz.
  • Vandellia laxa Benth.
  • Vandellia monnerioides Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Vandellia pusilla (Willd.) Merr.
  • Vandellia scabra Benth.
  • Vandellia sulcata Steud.

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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