Zygophyllum fontanesiiWebb & Berthel.

WFO wfo-0000429642 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Alessia Guggisberg
fig. a Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203297093
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Micha Baum
fig. b Micha Baum, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 156949731
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Frank Sengpiel
fig. c Frank Sengpiel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62022894
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. d Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59905765
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. e Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59848834
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. f Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59743101
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Tero Linjama
fig. g Tero Linjama, CC0 1.0 / obs. 101913504
Zygophyllum fontanesii, photographed by Tero Linjama
fig. h Tero Linjama, CC0 1.0 / obs. 101913526

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Zygophyllum fontanesii is native: Canary Is., Cape Verde, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens, Senegal, Western Sahara MauritaniaMoroccoSelvagensSenegalWestern Sahara Canary Is.Cape Verde
Native distribution of Zygophyllum fontanesii, 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
Canary Is. CNY AFRICA
Cape Verde CVI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Selvagens SEL
Senegal SEN
Western Sahara WSA

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 3 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.

  • Tetraena fontanesii (Webb & Berthel.) Beier & Thulin
  • Tetraena vicentina Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte
  • Zygophyllum webbianum Coss.

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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