Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon

Eriocaulon setaceum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a hydroannual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Japan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Phillips, S. & Kimpouni, V. (2024). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Eriocaulaceae: 1-119. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Phillips, S.M. (2011). Flore du Cameroun 38: 1-35. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Santisuk, T. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2017). Flora of Thailand 13(3): 429-556. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhang, Z. (1999). Monographie der gattung Eriocaulon in Ostasien. Dissertationes Botanicae 313: 1-289.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Sp. Pl. 87 (1753).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2018). https://www.publish.csiro.au/SB/fulltext/SB18021. epublication.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Phillips, S.M. (2011). Flore du Cameroun 38: 1-35. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Zhang, Z. (1999). Monographie der gattung Eriocaulon in Ostasien. Dissertationes Botanicae 313: 1-289.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753).
  • Meikle in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 62, fig. 337/9 (1968).
  • Oberm. in Flora of Southern Africa 4(2): 10, fig. 2/1 (1985).
  • Ruhland in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 4, 30: 89, fig. 9 (1903).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
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  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2012 Giulietti, A.M. [909] Brazil K000887138 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Ule, E. [8088] Brazil K000887128 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Burchell [4208] Brazil K000887132 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Richards, P.W. [6496] Brazil K000887134 Yes
Dec 1, 2012 Pires, M.J.; Silva, N.T. [1672] Brazil K000887136 Yes
Jan 1, 2012 Richards, P.W. [6496A] Brazil K000887137 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Shimizu, T.; Hutoh, M.; Chaiglom, D. [9035] Thailand K001056259 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2005 Usteri, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000887139 Yes
Jan 16, 1998 Walker [794] Sri Lanka K000873516 Paratype Yes
Jan 16, 1998 Thwaites [79] Sri Lanka K000873515 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1966 Davey, J.T. [22] Mali K000211815 Yes
Aug 1, 1949 Stocks, J.E. [s.n.] India K000098666 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1949 Clarke, C.B. [14153] India K000098668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1949 s.coll. [s.n.] India K000098667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 9, 1929 Wight, R. [2369] India K000098664 Type Yes
Jul 9, 1929 Wight, R. [2369] India K000098665 Syntype Yes
Jul 9, 1929 Wight, R. [2369] India K000098662 Type Yes
Jul 9, 1929 Wight [2857] India K000098663 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8737] Hong Kong K002180977 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Suddee, S. [163] Thailand K002182496 Yes
{Cheek, M.R.; Couch; Molmou; Williams; Camara, T.; Souma, A.} [18172] Guinea K002183421 Yes
[362] Uganda K002183829 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Abbe, E.C. [6155] Thailand K002182505 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1516] Sierra Leone K002183435 Yes
[Liswlor]; Ha [441] Nigeria K002183452 Yes
Hallé, F. [1825] Congo, Republic of the K002183684 Yes
{M. le Dr Thorel} [1911] Vietnam K002182513 Yes
Basedow, H. [158] Australia K002183101 Yes
Wild, H. [2523] Zimbabwe K002184144 Yes
Wright, C. [3240] Cuba K000587221 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidault, E.; Senterre, B.; Haba, P.; Goman, A. [2347] Guinea K002183420 Yes
Letouzey, R. [7254] Cameroon K002183677 Yes
Hall, J.B. [cc431] Ghana K002183448 Yes
Smitinand, T. [10447] Thailand K002182509 Yes
[J D N] [[191]] Sri Lanka K002181607 Yes
Sampson, T. [s.n.] China K002180976 Yes
[96/511] Tanzania K002183831 Yes
Talbot, W.A. [633] India K002181602 Yes
Walters, G.M.; Christy, P. [1912] Gabon K002183682 Yes
Wright, C. [553] Hong Kong K002180982 Yes
s.coll. [5581] Malaysia K002181596 Yes
Schnell [7280] French Guiana K002183423 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1559] Cote d'Ivoire K002183444 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Suddee, S. [171] Thailand K002182499 Yes
[96/515] Tanzania K002183830 Yes
Baron, R. [926] Madagascar K000346179 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19600] Thailand K002182493 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [880] Cote d'Ivoire K002183445 Yes
Parker, G.W. [s.n.] Madagascar K000346180 Type Yes
Schomburgk, R. [s.n.] Australia K002183109 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002181603 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thompson, T. [2250] India K002181599 Yes
[4039] Tanzania K002183837 Yes
[9929] Tanzania K002183834 Yes
Philcox, D.; Freeman, B. [4639] Brazil K000887135 Yes
Melville, F.A.; Hooker, T. [385] Sierra Leone K002183439 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [5298] Australia K002183105 Yes
s.coll. [5110] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002183688 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Chantaranothai, P. [79] Thailand K002182502 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [124] Sierra Leone K002183438 Yes
Damann, P.B. [s.n.] Angola K002184152 Yes
[594] Tanzania K002183835 Yes
Brain, C.K. [4476] Zimbabwe K002184145 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [815] Sierra Leone K002183430 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] Australia K002183112 Yes
Coveny, R.G.; Hind, P. [7164] K002183099 Yes
Luke, Q.; Sanogo, S. [15859] Mali K002183417 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [304] Sierra Leone K002183443 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Simmons, C.; Jacobs-Brouwer, A.; James, V.; Andrews, R. [4718] Guyana K002184794 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [8725] Thailand K002182492 Yes
(Mufulira) [8184] Zimbabwe K002184142 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC42244] Ghana K002183449 Yes
Rankin, M.O. [1185] Australia K002183113 Yes
Sreedevi, B. [s.n.] India K002181601 Yes
s.coll. [6453] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002183687 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS 4506] Australia K002183094 Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [4214] China K002182512 Yes
Smith, P.A. [631] Botswana K002184149 Yes
Lazarides, M. [8691] Australia K002183107 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL90] Sierra Leone K002183429 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [9655] Zambia K002184143 Yes
s.coll. [2195] Guinea K002183416 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Chantaranothai, P. [122] Thailand K002182494 Yes
Hess, H. [52/1678] Angola K002184155 Yes
s.coll. [10189] Zambia K002184140 Yes
Schweinfurth [224] K000346121 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6077] Burma K001122957 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adames, P. [566] Liberia K002183427 Yes
s.coll. [5569] India K002181597 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8111] China K001872808 No
Hu, S.Y. [8906] Hong Kong K002180980 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [798] Sierra Leone K002183441 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 6077] Burma K001122956 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Muir, B.G.; et. al.} [668] Australia K002183096 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5909] Brazil K000887133 Yes
Walters, G.M.; Harris, D.; Mouandza, J.C.; Bayonne-Mwimba, M. [1539] Gabon K002183681 Yes
Brass, L.J. [18898] Australia K002183103 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Suddee, S. [226] Thailand K002182498 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002181590 Yes
Steenis, V. [7542] Indonesia K002182812 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8111] Hong Kong K002180981 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [2794] Sierra Leone K002183432 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Abbe, E.C. [6342] Thailand K002182507 Yes
Brass, L.J. [18474] Australia K002183095 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [3192] Australia K002183104 Yes
Put [3115] Thailand K002182491 Yes
Harrison, S.G. [1302] Guyana K002184792 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002183106 Yes
Godefroy [s.n.] Vietnam K002182514 Yes
Specht, R.L. [480] Australia K002183100 Yes
Marmo, V. [[2]26] Sierra Leone K002183431 Yes
Damann, P.B. [58/218] Angola K002184150 Yes
Dunlop, C.R. [4715] Australia K002183114 Yes
Adames, P. [374] Guinea K002183425 Yes
Geesink, R.; Hattink, T.; Phengklai, C. [6571] Thailand K002182506 Yes
[K. Swalabaudlum] [166] Thailand K002182508 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Vietnam K002182511 Yes
Fay, J.M. [3421] Central African Republic K002183678 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Huayalla, H. [20774] Bolivia K002184817 Yes
Wilson, I.B. [339] Australia K002183098 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Suddee, S. [243] Thailand K002182497 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [712] K002183679 Yes
Assi, A. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K002183446 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002181591 Yes
Smitinand, T. [1908] Thailand K002182510 Yes
[Dahrell] [s.n.] India K002181604 Yes
Morton; Jarr [SL2308] Sierra Leone K002183428 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [8529] Hong Kong K002180978 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002181589 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3759] Zambia K002184139 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1030] Nigeria K002183451 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL1547] Sierra Leone K002183436 Yes
[R. McCall]; [Miss V. Gardner] [412] Guyana K002184793 Yes
Charoenphol, C.C.; Larsen, K.; Warncke, E. [4796] Thailand K002182501 Yes
Parish [68] K002181593 Yes
Prajaksood, A.; Chantaranothai, P. [29] Thailand K002182495 Yes
Schnell, R. [7056] Guinea K002183424 Yes
[J. D. H.]; J.J. [s.n.] India K001732681 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [51799] Sri Lanka K002181606 Yes
Wright, C. [3241] Cuba K000587222 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smitinand, T. [1982] Thailand K002182504 Yes
Lazarides, M.; Adams, L. [218] Australia K002183102 Yes
Leprieur; [Sage [1330] French Guiana K002184791 Yes
Hess, H.E. [52/837] Angola K002184154 Yes
Deighton, F.C.; Adames, P. [4129] Sierra Leone K002183442 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [SANDS 4506] Australia K002183097 Yes
Cheek, M.R.; Williams, T.; Abdulai, S.; Ousman, S. [18198] Guinea K002183422 Yes
s.coll. [5569] Malaysia K002181592 Yes
Adames, P. [62] Sierra Leone K002183437 Yes
{C. F. van Beusekom; Phengkhlai, C.; Geesink, R.; Wongwan, B.} [4601] Thailand K002182503 Yes
[4355] Tanzania K002183838 Yes
Dunlop, C. [3283] Australia K002183111 Yes
Symon, D.E. [12069] Australia K002183108 Yes
Adames, P. [94] Sierra Leone K002183433 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [10873] Hong Kong K002180979 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Rix, E.M.; Schneller, J.J. [299] India K002181605 Yes
s.coll. [5407] Burundi K002183689 Yes
Barritt, M.J. [904] Australia K002183115 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [10563] Zambia K002184137 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [10563] Zambia K002184138 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [8315] Zimbabwe K002184147 Yes
[9929] Tanzania K002183833 Yes
Compère, P. [1651] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002183685 Yes
Jacques-Félix [7361] Guinea K002183426 Yes
Walters, G.M.; Leal, M.; Abitsi, G.; Nguema, D.; Bissiemou, P. [1556] Gabon K002183680 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [718] Angola K002184151 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002184148 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E.; Arends, J.C.; Louis, A.M.; Bouman, F.; Karper, J.J. [748] Timor-Leste K002183683 Yes
[Fudmueller] [s.n.] K002183110 Yes
[O. B. Willet] [5877] Zimbabwe K002184141 Yes
Gledhill, D. [G494] Sierra Leone K002183434 Yes
Prajaksood, A. [155] Thailand K002182500 Yes
s.coll. [5208] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002183686 Yes
Parish [50] K002181594 Yes
s.coll. [4156] Angola K002184156 Yes
[6522] Tanzania K002183832 Yes
Sedgwick, L.J. [6740] India K002181600 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K002181598 Yes
[9929A] Tanzania K002183836 Yes
Dörrstock, S. [103] Cote d'Ivoire K002183447 Yes
[E2214] Uganda K002183828 Yes
Lane-Poole, C.E. [431] Sierra Leone K002183440 Yes
Brain, C.K. [4477] Zimbabwe K002184146 Yes
Damann, P.B. [58/216] Angola K002184153 Yes
Wurdack, J.J.; Monachino, J.V. [40912] Venezuela K002184816 Yes
s.coll. [1025] K002181595 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI28884] Cameroon Eriocaulon bifistulosum K002183453 Yes

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