Cyperaceae
Actinoscirpus

Actinoscirpus grossus (L.f.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson

First published in Kew Bull. 46: 171 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Kerr, A.F.G. [10714] Thailand K000595017 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/571] Thailand K000595024 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/571] Thailand K000595022 Yes
Niyomdham, C.; Sriboonma, D. [1540] Thailand K000595023 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001057336 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haniff; Nur [4369] Thailand K000595031 Yes
Haniff; Nur [4369] Thailand K000595032 Yes
Marcan, A. [1407] Thailand K000595026 Yes
Walker, G.W. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001057337 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3775] Thailand K000595027 Yes
Heckman, C.W. [117] Thailand K000595030 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1918] Thailand K000595021 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1918] Thailand K000595020 Yes
s.coll. [3470] Nepal K001057228 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collins, D.J. [1896] Thailand K000595019 Yes
Collins, D.J. [1896] Thailand K000595018 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Klinhom, U.; Simpson, D.; Simpson R.; Pawaputanon na Mahasarakham, P.; Thamathaworn, A. [1628] Thailand K000595028 Yes
Larsen, S.S.; Larsen, K. [33744] Thailand K000595029 Yes
Vaughan, G. [255] Thailand K000595025 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0